The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2240-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh Mustard Potato Salad Recalled for Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling Dairy Fresh Special Recipe Mustard Potato 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 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 Dairy Fresh Special Recipe Mustard Potato Salad, 16 oz. 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 98105 and a use-by date of 8/22/2012. 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 in their possession should discard it or return it to the place of purchase. This recall is part of a broader action involving salads, slaw, salsa, bean, and dip products that contained the affected onions.

The recalled product

Product
Dairy Fresh Special Recipe Mustard Potato Salad, 16 oz.., 0 70163 98105 8
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 (2)

  • 98105
  • 8/22/2012

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 →