“Garden Fresh Egg Salad Recall: Listeria Contamination Risk.” GovInfoNow, updated August 18, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/29321-garden-fresh-egg-salad-recall-listeria-contamination-risk. Based on FDA recall #F-2518-2014 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-2518-2014%22&limit=1).
The FDA announced on August 19, 2014, that Garden Fresh Foods, Inc. voluntarily recalled Garden Fresh Egg Salad due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The agency issued recall number F-2518-2014 for the Class I product distributed in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
How to tell if you have it
Brand: Garden Fresh Foods
Product: Garden Fresh Egg Salad
Code: #2022
Net Wt.: 5 lbs. (2.268 Kg)
UPC: 11596-52022
Use By Date: 09121401
Distribution: IL, IN, MI, and WI
The hazard
Garden Fresh Foods, Inc. is recalling Garden Fresh Egg Salad because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall covers 425 lbs. of product, consisting of 85 - 5 lb. containers.
Context
GovInfoNow's records show Garden Fresh Foods, Inc. has 5 other recalls on record since November 7, 2013. Other recent recalls of similar products include Garden Fresh Foods recalls sliced green onions due to possible Listeria contamination (September 18, 2025), Weis Potato Salad Recall: Undeclared Milk Hazard (February 7, 2022), and Garden Fresh Foods Salted Sunflower Kernels Recall: Listeria Contamination Risk (May 24, 2016). Other recent recalls of similar products include Made Fresh Salads Garlic & Herb Cream Cheese Recall: Listeria Contamination Risk, Made Fresh Salads Vegetable Cream Cheese Recall: Listeria Contamination Risk, and Made Fresh Salads Scallion Cream Cheese Recall: Listeria Contamination Risk (February 19, 2026).
How to tell if you have this one
Check for the product code #2022, net weight 5 lbs (2.268 kg), UPC 11596-52022, and use-by date 09121401 on the packaging.
Brand
Garden Fresh Foods
Product
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. recalls Garden Fresh Egg Salad, Code #2022, Net Wt. 5 lbs. (2.268 Kg) UPC 11596-52022
Category
Food
Based on the official FDA remedy
What to do — step by step
Check Product Details
Look for the product code #2022, net weight 5 lbs (2.268 kg), UPC 11596-52022, and use-by date 09121401 on the packaging.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed in 4 states.
Listed by the agency
Not listed
FDA distribution: “IL, IN, MI, and WI” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
States: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin.
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 4 months after the firm started it.
1Firm started the recall
2FDA classified it Class I
3Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
4FDA 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-2518-2014 (August 19, 2014) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-2518-2014 to see it in context.
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