Garden Fresh Foods Recalls Cool Breeze Salad Kits Due to Listeria Risk
Garden Fresh Foods recalls Cool Breeze Salad Kits containing Eillien's sunflower kernels potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Check your use-by dates.
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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.
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What happened, in plain English
Garden Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling specific batches of its Cool Breeze Salad Kit because they contain 4oz packages of Eillien's Salted Sunflower Kernels that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The contamination risk comes from an ingredient supplier, SunOpta. Although no illnesses have been reported to date, the recall is classified as Class I, indicating a serious health hazard. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/24230-garden-fresh-foods-recalls-cool-breeze-salad-kits-due-to.
Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/24230-garden-fresh-foods-recalls-cool-breeze-salad-kits-due-to · Updated October 11, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #F-1767-2016
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“Garden Fresh Foods Recalls Cool Breeze Salad Kits Due to Listeria Risk.” GovInfoNow, updated October 11, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/24230-garden-fresh-foods-recalls-cool-breeze-salad-kits-due-to. Based on FDA recall #F-1767-2016 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-1767-2016%22&limit=1).
Why it’s dangerous
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacteria that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in susceptible populations. Even if the salad looks and smells normal, the sunflower kernels inside may harbor the bacteria, posing a significant health risk if consumed.
Who’s affected
Consumers in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois who purchased the Cool Breeze Salad Kit between the listed use-by dates. Individuals with weakened immune systems, pregnant women, older adults, and young children are at highest risk for serious infection from Listeria.
How to tell if you have this one
Check for Garden Fresh Foods Cool Breeze Salad Kit #2092 with a net weight of 6.75 lbs (3.06 kg). Look for the UPC code 0 01 11596 72092 7 and verify the Use-By Date is one of: 5/25, 5/26, 6/1, 6/3, 6/8, 6/12, 6/16, 6/19, or 6/22.
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All 3 products in this recall
FDA lists each product line separately under one recall event. Check your product description, lot or code numbers against each row. Every row shares the hazard and remedy on this page.
- Classification
Class I- Status
Terminated- Distribution
US: MI, WI, IL
| Recall number | Product, codes & lots | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| F-1765-2016 | Eillien's Salted Sunflower Kernels Net WT 4 oz (113G) sealed in original plastic packaging and contained in Garden Fresh Foods Cool Breeze Health SALD Kit #2052, Net WT 7.06 lbs, 3.20 kg. 0 01 11596 72052 1.; Use-By-Dates, which were 5/28, 5/30, 5/31 and 6/4. | 126 kits & 126 sunflower kernel packages. |
| F-1766-2016 | 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.; Use-By-Dates, which were 5/28, 5/30 and 6/4. | 13 kits and 13 packages of sumflower kernels. |
| F-1767-2016 | Eillien's Salted Sunflower Kernels Net WT 4 oz (113G) sealed in original plastic packaging and contained in Garden Fresh Foods, Cool Breeze Salad Kit #2092, Net Wt 6.75 lbs 3,06 kg, 0 01 11596 72092 7.; Use-By-Dates, 5/25, 5/26, 6/1, 6/3, 6/8, 6/12. 6/16, 6/19 and 6/22. | 221 kits containing 2 individually sealed sumflower kernels/kit for a total of 442 packages |
What to do — step by step
Stop consuming the product
Do not eat the Cool Breeze Salad Kit if it matches the recalled description and dates.
Discard or return the item
The record does not specify a refund or replacement process, so consumers should dispose of the product safely.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed in 3 states.
FDA distribution: “US: MI, WI, IL” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
States: Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin.
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 4 months after the firm started it.
- Firm started the recall
- FDA classified it Class I
- Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
- FDA terminated the recall
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
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- Official source: FDA Recall #F-1767-2016 (May 24, 2016) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-1767-2016 to see it in context.
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