Use cautionFood recall · FDA · Published July 1, 2024
Hill Country Fare Mustard Potato Salad Recalled for Plastic Contamination
Reser's Fine Foods recalls Hill Country Fare Mustard Potato Salad due to plastic foreign material. Check your container for the specific use-by date and UPC.
“Hill Country Fare Mustard Potato Salad Recalled for Plastic Contamination.” GovInfoNow, updated October 9, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/9073-hill-country-fare-mustard-potato-salad-recalled-for-plastic-contamination. Based on FDA recall #F-1543-2024 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-1543-2024%22&limit=1).
The FDA announced on July 1, 2024, that Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. is recalling Hill Country Fare Mustard Potato Salad due to plastic foreign material. The voluntary Class II recall affects 24,378 containers distributed in Texas.
How to tell if you have it
Hill Country Fare Mustard Potato Salad
UPC 4122003165
USE BY JUL/26/24
The hazard
The recall is due to the presence of plastic foreign material in the product. The FDA classified this as a Class II recall.
Context
GovInfoNow's records show Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. has had 17 other recalls since December 1, 2015. Recent brand recalls include a June 25, 2026 pasta salad recall for hidden allergens and a January 30, 2026 tuna salad mislabeling incident. Other recent recalls of similar products include the McCain Foods Ore-Ida Tater Tots Recall (January 12, 2026), the Ventura Foods Carolina-Style Mustard BBQ Sauce Recall (November 6, 2025), and the McCain Foods Sysco Imperial Potato Tater Barrel Recall (December 3, 2025).
How to tell if you have this one
Look for Hill Country Fare Mustard Potato Salad in a clear square plastic container with a printed white plastic lid. The net weight is 48oz (3lb) 1.36 KG. Check the top of the container for the code 'USE BY JUL/26/24' followed by plant code, line designator, and time. The UPC is 4122003165.
Brand
Hill Country Fare
Product
Hill Country Fare Mustard Potato Salad refrigerated product is packaged in clear square plastic container with printed
Category
Food
Based on the official FDA remedy
What to do — step by step
Check Your Product
Verify if your container matches the description: clear square plastic with a white lid, 48oz size, and the specific use-by date code.
Do Not Consume
If you have the recalled product, do not eat it due to the risk of plastic contamination.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed in Texas.
Listed by the agency
Not listed
FDA distribution: “Distributed in TX.” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
States: Texas.
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 2 months after the firm started it.
1Firm started the recall
2FDA classified it Class II
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-1543-2024 (July 1, 2024) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-1543-2024 to see it in context.
Plain-language summary written by qwen3.6:35b-a3b on October 9, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the FDA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
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