The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-2251-2012·Announced 2012-09-19

Garden-Fresh and Weis Red Potato Salads Recalled for Listeria Risk

Garden-Fresh Foods is recalling specific Garden-Fresh and Weis red potato salads 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 the agency classification as FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling specific lots of Garden-Fresh Red Potato Salad and Weis Red Potato Salad. The recall is being conducted because the salads contain onions that were previously recalled by Gills Onions due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The affected products include Garden-Fresh Red Potato Salad in 2 lb. containers and Weis Red Potato Salad in 16 oz. and 5 lb. containers. The recall covers distribution in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Consumers who have purchased these specific products should check their refrigerators for the listed lot codes and dates. If the products are found, consumers should discard them or return them to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Red Potato Salads: 1) Garden-Fresh Red Potato Salad, 2 lb., 0 11596 24205 7; 2) Weis Red Potato Salad, 16 oz., 0 41497 05848, 5 lb., 0 11596 51105 4
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 (10)

  • 1) Garden-Fresh
  • 4205
  • 08/16/12
  • 2) Weis
  • 05848
  • 8/14/2012-8/16/2012
  • 1105
  • 8/14/2012-8/16/2012 Acme Homestyle Potato Salad
  • 4209
  • 8/14/2012-8/17/2012

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.

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