Agency classClass IOur severity:Critical FDA (Food)·F-2221-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Multiple Cole Slaw Brands Due to Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling specific lots of Spartan, Market Pantry, and Spoon River cole slaws because they contain onions potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class I

Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 5/5 (Critical).

Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The source text identifies the agency classification as Class I, which corresponds to a reasonable probability of serious adverse health consequences or death, meeting the criteria for a Critical severity score.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling specific lots of Spartan, Market Pantry, and Spoon River cole slaws. The recall involves 17,082 lbs of product distributed in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

The recall is being conducted because the recalled salads, slaw, salsa, and bean and dips contained onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The affected products include Spartan Cole Slaw (1 lb. and 3 lbs.), Market Pantry Cole Slaw (15 oz. and 44 oz.), and Spoon River Cole Slaw (3 lb.).

Consumers who have purchased these specific products should check their labels for the listed UPC codes and use-by dates. If they possess the affected items, they should discard them or return them to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product: Cole Slaws: 1) Spartan Cole Slaw, 1 lb., 0 11213 90322 4, & 3 lbs., 0 11213 90327 9; 2) Market Pantry Cole Slaw, 15 oz., 0 85329 24106 6, & 44 oz., 0 85239 24114; 3) Spoon River Cole Slaw, 3 lb., 0 11596 34238 2
Manufacturer: Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
Category: Food — Prepared Salads
Hazard: listeria

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (10)

1) Spartan Cole Slaw
4072
08/14/12-08/20/12 & 4372
08/16/12-08/20/12
2) Market Pantry Cole Slaw
24106
8/19/2012 & 24106
8/20/2012-8/25/2012
3) 44238
8/15/12

Distribution

Distributed in 14 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 94 recalled by Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.

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