Garden-Fresh Kidney Bean Salad Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling 5 lb. Kidney Bean Salad 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 classifies this as an FDA Class I recall, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling 5 lb. packages of Garden-Fresh Kidney Bean Salad. The recall is due to the use of onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The affected product is identified by the code 0 11596 52016. The total quantity involved in this recall is 2,950 lbs. The product was distributed in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Consumers who have this product should stop using it and contact the manufacturer for further instructions. This recall is part of a broader effort to remove products containing the affected onions from the market.
The recalled product
- Product
- Garden-Fresh Kidney Bean Salad , 5 lbs., 0 11596 52016
- 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 (3)
- Garden-Fresh Kidney Bean Salad
- 2016
- 8/14/2012 - 8/17/2012
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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