The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2230-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Archer Farms Four Bean Salad Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Archer Farms Four Bean Salad due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination in 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 text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Archer Farms Four Bean Salad, 14 oz. The recall is being conducted because the product contains onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The affected product is identified by the code 0 85239 24207 0. The recall covers 136.5 lbs of the salad. The product was distributed in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Consumers should check their pantries for this specific product and discard it or return it to the place of purchase. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

The recalled product

Product
Archer Farms Four Bean Salad, 14 oz., 0 85239 24207 0
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)

  • Archer Farms Four Bean Salad
  • 242070
  • 8/23/2012-8/30/2012

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.

See all 94 products in this recall →