Garden-Fresh Potato Salad Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Acme Classic Potato Salad 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 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The source text identifies the agency classification as Class I. According to the rubric, if the agency's own classification is FDA Class I, the score must be at least 4.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Acme Classic Potato Salad, 16 oz. The recall involves 1,128 lbs of the product. The affected units are identified by the code 4030 and have use-by dates ranging from August 14, 2012, to August 20, 2012.
The recall is being conducted because the salad contains onions that were recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen that can cause serious illness.
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 dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Acme Classic Potato Salad 16 oz. 0 11596 14030 5
- 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)
- Acme Classic Potato Salad
- 4030
- 8/14/2012 - 8/20/2012
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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