Reser's Original Potato Salad recalled over Listeria risk

Recall date

April 10, 2016

Source

U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) — enforcement report

Official notice title

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. - Century recalls Reser's Original Potato Salad, Refrigerated, Retail package, Net wt. 3.5 oz. UPC 0 71117 17000 9. Reser's Original Pota…

Recall number

F-1575-2016

FDA classification

Class I

Brand / firm

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. - Century

Sold / distributed

distributed in AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NE, NM, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, SD, TN, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY, and British Columbia.

Why it was recalled

Potato Salad is recalled due to a potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This product was made with one lot of onion which was recalled by supplier.

Class I is the FDA’s most serious recall level: there is a reasonable probability that using this product will cause serious harm or death.

What was recalled

Reser's Original Potato Salad, Refrigerated, Retail package, Net wt. 3.5 oz. UPC 0 71117 17000 9. Reser's Original Potato Salad, Refrigerated, Retail package, Net wt. 5.5 oz. UPC 0 71117 17100 6. Reser's Original Potato Salad, Refrigerated, Retail package, Net wt. 8 oz. UPC 0 71117 18223 1. Reser's Original Potato Salad, Refrigerated, Retail package, Net wt. 16 oz. UPC 0 71117 19000 7. Reser's Original Potato Salad, Refrigerated, Retail package, Net wt. 3 lb. UPC 0 71117 19300 8. Food Service of America (FSA) Potota Salad, Refrigerated, Foodservice package, Net wt. 8 lb. UPC 0 41493 41720 3.