Summary
- Company Announcement Date:
- FDA Publish Date:
- Product Type:
- Food & Beverages
Foodborne Illness
- Reason for Announcement:
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Recall Reason DescriptionPotential Foodborne Illness – Listeria monocytogenes
- Company Name:
- Fresh Express Incorporated
- Brand Name:
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Brand Name(s)Gourmet Cafe
- Product Description:
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Product DescriptionGourmet Café Chicken Caesar Salad Bowl
Company Announcement
Salinas, CA October 26, 2024
Fresh Express is voluntarily recalling a limited number of Gourmet Café Chicken Caesar Salad Bowls due to the inclusion of recalled chicken items from BrucePac, an outside ingredient supplier. The BrucePac recall is due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The fresh vegetable components are not impacted by this recall.
Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
The salad bowls were distributed in the following states: CA, LA, TX, WA.
Fresh Express is no longer using chicken ingredients from the ingredient supplier’s (BrucePac) impacted facility and we will not do so until the USDA has inspected and given its approval for the facility to operate.
Consumers who have purchased these salad bowls should not eat any part and should discard them instead. For more information or to obtain a refund consumers may contact the Fresh Express Consumer Response Center at (800) 242-5472 during the hours of 8am to 7pm Eastern time. Refunds are also available where purchased.
Fresh Express Salad Bowls Containing BrucePac Chicken Items Recalled:
Name of Product |
Ounces |
UPC |
Package Code |
Use-By-Date |
US Distribution States |
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Fresh Express Gourmet Café Chicken Caesar |
5.75 oz | 071279565620 | S281 S282 S285 S288 |
10/26/2024 10/27/2024 10/30/2024 11/2/2024 |
CA, LA, TX, WA |
Company Contact Information
- Consumers:
- Fresh Express Consumer Response Center
- (800) 242-5472