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Fresh Express Chopped Salad Kit Recall: Listeria Contamination Risk

Fresh Express recalls Southwest Chopped Salad Kits with potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The recalled product includes cheese and condiments from a supplier that issued a separate recall.

Plain-English summary generated from official FDA data by GovInfoNow · Published by Carlos Caban · How we make summaries

🇺🇸 FDA recall #F-0875-2024FoodFresh Express ›
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Recalling firmFresh Express Incorpated4757 The Grove Dr · Windermere, FL 34786-8426
✎ GovInfoNow plain-language explainer

Fresh Express is recalling a Southwest Chopped Salad Kit that may contain Listeria monocytogenes. This bacteria can cause serious illness, so affected customers should stop using the product immediately. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/9618-fresh-express-chopped-salad-kit-recall-listeria-contamination-risk.

Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/9618-fresh-express-chopped-salad-kit-recall-listeria-contamination-risk · Updated August 17, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #F-0875-2024

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“Fresh Express Chopped Salad Kit Recall: Listeria Contamination Risk.” GovInfoNow, updated August 17, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/9618-fresh-express-chopped-salad-kit-recall-listeria-contamination-risk. Based on FDA recall #F-0875-2024 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-0875-2024%22&limit=1).

The FDA announced on Feb. 8, 2024, that Fresh Express Incorpated voluntarily recalled Chopped Salad Kit Southwest with condiments due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The hazard stems from a cheese condiment pack linked to a supplier recall.

How to tell if you have it

  • Fresh Express Chopped Salad Kit Southwest with condiments
  • UPC 681131305129
  • Lot Number: G002, Expiration/Use By Date: 2024-01-17
  • Lot Number: G364, Expiration/Use By Date: 2024-01-14
  • Condiment Pack Use-by Dates: 03/03/2024

The hazard

The product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes because the condiment pack contains cheese recalled by the supplier. The FDA classified this as a Class I recall.

Context

GovInfoNow's records show Fresh Express Incorpated has had 9 other recalls since June 17, 2016, including multiple Listeria risks in October 2024, December 2023, and April 2023. Other recent recalls of similar products include Made Fresh Salads Vegetable Cream Cheese Recall (Feb. 19, 2026), Made Fresh Salads Lox Cream Cheese Recall (Feb. 19, 2026), and Made Fresh Salads Whipped Cream Cheese Recall (Feb. 19, 2026).

How to tell if you have this one

Check for the salad kit labeled 'Southwest' with green cabbage, green leaf lettuce, kale, red cabbage, carrots, green onions, tortilla strips, cheddar cheese, and chipotle ranch dressing. The product has two lot numbers: G002 (expiration 2024-01-17) and G364 (expiration 2024-01-14).

  • Brand
    Fresh Express
  • Product
    Chopped Salad Kit Southwest with condiments(toppings that include cheese), labeled salad bag (Green Cabbage, Green Leaf
  • Category
    Food
FDA recall event · 2 products

All 2 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
    AL, FL, GA, CA, UT, WA; Canada
Recall numberProduct, codes & lotsQuantity
F-0875-2024Chopped Salad Kit Southwest with condiments(toppings that include cheese), labeled salad bag (Green Cabbage, Green Leaf Lettuce, Kale, Red Cabbage, Carrots, Green Onions, Tortilla Strips, Cheddar Cheese, and Chipotle Ranch Dressing), Net Wt 13.4 oz, 6 bags per case. UPC 681131305129; Lot Number:G002 Expiration/Use By Date :2024-01-17 Lot Number:G364 Expiration/Use By Date :2024-01-14 Condiment Pack Use-by Dates 03/03/2024878 cases
F-0876-2024Fresh Express Kit Salsa! Ensalada with condiments(toppings that include cheese), labeled salad bag (Iceberg & Romaine Lettuce, Salsa Ranch Dressing, Nacho Taco Seasoned Cheese Yellow & Blue Tortilla Strips), Net Wt 12.1 oz, 6 bags per case. UPC 071279309026; Lot Number:S002, S003, S005, S008, S009, S012, S015, S019, S023, S026, S030, S033, S353, S356, S361, S362, S364 Expiration/Use By Date : 01/06/2024, 01/10/2024, 01/15/2024, 01/16/2024, 01/18/2024, 01/21/2024, 01/22/2024, 01/24/2024, 01/27/2024, 01/28/2024, 01/31/2024, 02/3/2024 , 02/07/2024, 02/11/2024 , 02/14/2024, 02/18/2024, 02/20/2024 Condiment Pack Use-by Dates 02/28/2024 to 04/04/20244826 Cases
Based on the official FDA remedy

What to do — step by step

  1. Stop Using Product Now

    Immediately discard the recalled salad kit if you have it.

Where it went and when

Where it was distributed

Distributed in 6 states, and outside the U.S.

Alaska: not listedAKMaine: not listedMEVermont: not listedVTNew Hampshire: not listedNHWashington: yesWAIdaho: not listedIDMontana: not listedMTNorth Dakota: not listedNDMinnesota: not listedMNIllinois: not listedILWisconsin: not listedWIMichigan: not listedMINew York: not listedNYRhode Island: not listedRIMassachusetts: not listedMAOregon: not listedORNevada: not listedNVWyoming: not listedWYSouth Dakota: not listedSDIowa: not listedIAIndiana: not listedINOhio: not listedOHPennsylvania: not listedPANew Jersey: not listedNJConnecticut: not listedCTCalifornia: yesCAUtah: yesUTColorado: not listedCONebraska: not listedNEMissouri: not listedMOKentucky: not listedKYWest Virginia: not listedWVVirginia: not listedVAMaryland: not listedMDDelaware: not listedDEArizona: not listedAZNew Mexico: not listedNMKansas: not listedKSArkansas: not listedARTennessee: not listedTNNorth Carolina: not listedNCSouth Carolina: not listedSCDistrict of Columbia: not listedDCOklahoma: not listedOKLouisiana: not listedLAMississippi: not listedMSAlabama: yesALGeorgia: yesGAHawaii: not listedHITexas: not listedTXFlorida: yesFL

FDA distribution: “AL, FL, GA, CA, UT, WA; Canada” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.

States: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Utah, Washington.

Recall timeline

FDA terminated this recall 2 months after the firm started it.

1. Firm started the recall: Feb 8, 202412. FDA classified it Class I: Feb 15, 202423. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report: Feb 21, 202434. FDA terminated the recall: Apr 16, 202442024
  1. Firm started the recall
  2. FDA classified it Class I
  3. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
  4. 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-0875-2024 (February 8, 2024) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-0875-2024 to see it in context.
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