The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2231-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh Bean Salad Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Finest Traditions Fat Free Bean Salad because it contains onions potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

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 mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling 200 lbs of Finest Traditions Fat Free Bean Salad, 8 lbs. 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 38644 and a date of 08/15/12. The recall covers a distribution pattern including 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 follow the instructions provided by the recalling firm or the FDA regarding disposal or return.

The recalled product

Product
Finest Traditions Fat Free Bean Salad, 8 lbs., 10 733147 10180 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)

  • Finest Traditions Fat Free Bean Salad
  • 38644
  • 08/15/12

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.

See all 94 products in this recall →