The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-2236-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh Foods Recalls Steakhouse Potato Salads Due to Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling specific Steakhouse Potato Salads because they contain onions potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) without reported illness, which corresponds to a score of 3 (High) per the rubric, despite the agency's Class I classification.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling three varieties of Steakhouse Potato Salads: Copperwood Steakhouse Potato Salad (5 lbs.), Grandpas Steakhouse Potato Salad (5 lb.), and Finest Traditions Steak House Potato Salad (8 lb.). The recall is necessary because the salads contain onions that were recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The affected products were distributed in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin. Specific lot codes and dates are listed in the official recall notice.

Consumers who have purchased these products should stop eating them immediately and return them to the place of purchase for a refund or dispose of them. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen that can cause serious illness, particularly in vulnerable populations.

The recalled product

Product
Steakhouse Potato Salads: 1) Copperwood Steakhouse Potato Salad, 5 lbs., 8 11839 01001 7, 5 lb.; 2) Grandpas Steakhouse Potato Salad, 5 lb., 0 11596 55604 8; 3) Finest Traditions Steak House Potato Salad, 8 lb., 10 733147 10773 4
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 (8)

  • 1) Copperwood
  • 01014
  • 8/15/2012
  • 2) 5604
  • 08/13/12-08/20/12
  • 3) Finest Traditions
  • 38292
  • 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 →