Agency classClass IOur severity:Critical FDA (Food)·H-0542-2025·Announced 2025-08-20

Sysco foodservice tuna salad recalled over Listeria risk from recalled breadcrumbs

Sysco Imperial Deluxe Tuna Salad in 5 lb foodservice tubs is recalled for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination traced to recalled Newly Weds Foods breadcrumbs. 70 cases are affected.

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 rubric assigns 5 to any FDA Class I recall, and the FDA classified this Listeria monocytogenes action as Class I.

Plain-English summary

Sysco Imperial Deluxe Tuna Salad, reorder number 6526826, net weight 5 pounds, is being recalled. The foodservice item is packaged in a clear printed plastic tub with a printed white lid and is marked Keep Refrigerated. Affected product carries lot 1420043333 with a use-by date of AUG/17/25 and lot 1420046978 with a use-by date of AUG/24/25, tub UPC 74865 79721 and master case GTIN 1007486579721. The recall covers 70 cases distributed in 29 states.

The tuna salad is recalled because of potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, because the products contain Newly Weds Foods recalled Japanese Style Breadcrumbs. The FDA classified the action as Class I, its most serious category, used when there is a reasonable probability that exposure will cause serious health consequences or death.

Foodservice operators holding these lots should not serve the product and should follow the distributor's instructions for return or disposal. Because Listeria infection can take weeks to produce symptoms, anyone who has eaten the product and feels unwell should tell their doctor what they ate.

The recalled product

Product: Sysco Imperial Deluxe Tuna Salad, Reorder #6526826, net wt. 5lb. Foodservice item. Product is packaged in clear printed plastic tub with printed white lid. Keep Refrigerated. Distributed by Sysco Corporation, Houston, TX 77077 UPC on 5lb. TUB: 74865 79721 GTIN on Master Case…
Manufacturer: Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.
Category: Food — Prepared Salads
Hazard: listeria-monocytogenes
pathogen-contamination
ingredient-recall
foodservice
class-i
Affected units: 70

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 (1)

Lot 1420043333 Use By: AUG/17/25 Lot 1420046978 Use By: AUG/24/25

Distribution

Distributed in 29 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 7 recalled by Reser's Fine 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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