Garden-Fresh and Weis Amish Potato Salads Recalled for Listeria Risk
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling specific Amish Potato Salads because they contain 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 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Garden-Fresh Amish Country Potato Salad and Weis Amish Potato Salad in 16 oz, 3 lb, and 5 lb sizes. The recall is due to the use of onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions for 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 use-by dates are listed in the official recall notice.
Consumers should stop using the recalled products and return them to the place of purchase for a refund or contact the recalling firm for further instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- Amish Potato Salads: 1) Garden-Fresh Amish Country Potato Salad, 5 lb., 0 11596 51005 7; 2) Weis Amish Potato Salad, 16 oz., 0 41497 05845 7, 3 lb., 0 41497 05901 0, 5 lb., 0 11596 51103 0
- 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 (8)
- 1) Garden-Fresh
- 1005
- 8/17/12
- 2) Weis
- 1103
- 8/14/2012-8/16/2012
- 05845
- 05901
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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