Garden-Fresh Potato Salad Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination
Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling specific lots of potato salad due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination from onions.
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 source metadata explicitly identifies this as an FDA Class I recall, which is the highest classification for food safety hazards involving a reasonable probability of serious adverse health consequences or death.
Plain-English summary
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Garden-Fresh Family Style Potato Salad, 5 lb., and other products including slaw, salsa, bean, and dips. 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 production dates are listed in the recall documentation, including codes 1061 and 4209 with dates ranging from August 14, 2012, to August 17, 2012.
Consumers should check their pantries for these specific products and lot numbers. If they have the recalled items, they should discard them or return them to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Garden-Fresh Family Style Potato Salad, 5 lb., 0 11596 51061 3
- 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 (4)
- 1061
- 8/14/2012-8/15/2012 Acme Homestyle Potato Salad
- 4209
- 8/14/2012-8/17/2012
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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