Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Finest Traditions Cole Slaw Due to Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Finest Traditions XTRA Creamy Cole Slaw because it contains 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 explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Finest Traditions XTRA Creamy Cole Slaw, 8 lbs. The recall is due to the presence of onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The affected product is identified by the code 39000 and has a use-by date range of August 20, 2012, to August 22, 2012. The recall covers 136 lbs of product distributed in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Consumers who have this product in their possession should stop using it and dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.
The recalled product
- Product
- Finest Traditions XTRA Creamy Cole Slaw, 8 lbs., 10 733147 10017 9;
- Manufacturer
- Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Salads / Slaw
- 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 (3)
- Finest Traditions XTRA Creamy Cole Slaw
- 39000
- 8/20/2012-8/22/2012
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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