Potato Salad, Formula PO.70
Food recall F-0236-2014. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 1, 2014.
- FDA Class I
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 1, 2014. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class I FDA’s most serious class (needs attention)
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 41 states named in where it went
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class I, the most serious of FDA’s three classes.
“Dangerous or defective products that predictably could cause serious health problems or death. Examples include: food found to contain botulinum toxin, food with undeclared allergens, a label mix-up on a lifesaving drug, or a defective artificial heart valve.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“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.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(1), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
The recalled products are potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Potato Salad, Formula PO.70, packaged under these labels: -Reser’s Fine Foods, Original Potato Salad, in 12/12-oz (UPC 071117182200), 6/32-oz (UPC 071117181500), 3/4-lb (UPC 071117002232), 3/8-lb (UPC 071117002157), 12/3.5-oz (UPC 071117170009), 12/5.5-oz (UPC 071117171006) and 2/10-lb (UPC 071117002782) container cases. Also distributed in a 6/4-lb party pack (UPC 071117001624). Distributed by: Reser’s Fine-Foods, Beaverton, OR. -Yoder’s American Potato Salad, in 6/32-oz (UPC 073474010462), 2/5-lb (UPC 073474550098), 6/3-lb (UPC 073474010219) and 12/16-oz (UPC 073474887385) carton cases. -West Creek, Original Potato Salad, in 2/5-lb carton cases. (UPC 806795286793) Distributed by Performance Food Group, Richmond, VA. -Essential Everday Original Potato Salad packaged in 6/16-oz (UPC 041303820131) and 6/3-lb (UPC 041303820209) carton cases. Distributed by Supervalu Inc., Eden Prairie, MN. -7-11 Potato Salad, in 12/7-oz carton cases. (UPC 052548517526) Distributed by 7-Eleven, Inc., Dallas, TX. -Cross Valley Farms Family Style Potato Salad packaged in 2/8-lb carton cases. Distributed by US Foodservice, Inc., Rosemont, IL. UPC 758108373877 -Sysco Classic Potato Salad, in 3/8-lb carton cases. (UPC 074865100915)
How much: “N/A”, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Use by date 10/13/2013 - 11/15/13.
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Barcodes and drug codes
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UPC
071117182200 -
UPC
071117181500 -
UPC
071117002232 -
UPC
071117002157 -
UPC
071117170009 -
UPC
071117171006 -
UPC
071117002782 -
UPC
071117001624 -
UPC
073474010462 -
UPC
073474550098 -
UPC
073474010219 -
UPC
073474887385 -
UPC
806795286793 -
UPC
041303820131 -
UPC
041303820209 -
UPC
052548517526 -
UPC
758108373877 -
UPC
074865100915
As FDA’s description and codes give them; the UPCs written as digits only.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Distribution was made to AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV AND WY. Distribution was also made to Canada.
The states and territories these words name
41 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Maine
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Oct 22, 2013.
- FDA classified it on Dec 24, 2013.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jan 1, 2014.
- FDA terminated it on Jan 24, 2017.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Reser’s Fine Foods, Inc., of Beaverton, OR.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- Meat, poultry and egg products are recalled by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, not FDA, and its recalls aren’t here yet: see fsis.usda.gov.
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Food recall enforcement reports.
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