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Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.
FDA recall F-1766-2016 · Class I · reported 2016-07-27 · Terminated
- Product
- Eillien's Salted Sunflower Kernels Net WT 4 oz (113G) sealed in original plastic packaging and contained in Garden Fresh Foods Broccoli Raisin Salad Kit #2081, Net Wt 3.38 lbs, 1.53 kg, 0 00 11596 42081 3.
- Reason
- Garden Fresh Foods Inc. is recalling 4oz individual packages of sunflower kernels that were included in three of their salad kits. The kernels were distributed by Eillien's Candies whose ingredient supplier, SunOpta, has stated may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. There have been no reported illnesses to date.
- Quantity
- 13 kits and 13 packages of sumflower kernels.
- Distribution
- US: MI, WI, IL
- Firm location
- WI, United States
- Initiated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- First notice
- Telephone
- Recall started
- 2016-05-24
- Terminated
- 2016-10-05
- Code info
- Use-By-Dates, which were 5/28, 5/30 and 6/4.
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA Food Enforcement database (openFDA Food Enforcement, imported 2026-09). The FDA does not validate openFDA data for completeness or accuracy. This is a record of an enforcement action, not safety advice.