Garden-Fresh Dixie Cole Slaw Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling specific lots of Dixie Cole Slaw due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination from onions.
What this means for you
Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The source metadata explicitly identifies this as an FDA Class I recall, which corresponds to a Critical severity score under the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling two varieties of Dixie Cole Slaw: Garden-Fresh Dixie Cole Slaw (5 lbs) and DF Special Recipe Dixie Cole Slaw (16 oz). The recall involves a total of 9,759.25 lbs of product.
The recall is being conducted because the salads contained onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The affected products were distributed in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Consumers who have these products should check the specific codes and dates listed in the recall notice. The Garden-Fresh Dixie Cole Slaw (5 lbs) is identified by code 3007 and dates 8/16/2012-8/17/2012. The DF Special Recipe Dixie Cole Slaw (16 oz) is identified by code 98115 and date 8/25/2012. Consumers should discard the product or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Dixie Cole Slaws:1) Garden-Fresh Dixie Cole Slaw, 5 lbs., 0 11596 93007 7 ; 2) DF Special Recipe Dixie Cole Slaw, 16 oz. 0 70163 98115 7
- Manufacturer
- Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
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 (6)
- 1) Garden-Fresh Dixie Cole Slaw
- 3007
- 8/16/2012-8/17/2012
- 2) DF Special Recipe Dixie Cole Slaw
- 98115
- 8/25/2012
Distribution
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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