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CSWH grade B (78)
Method v1.0 (how we grade), based on the records below; exact score 78.
| Indicator | Grade | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Recalls (40%) | C (60) | 1 Class I (10 points) · 1 event For current recalls see FDA and USDA. |
| Ingredients (40%) | A (100) | Tier A: 0 of 6 products · A (100) (25%) Tier B: 0 of 6 products · A (100) (15%) |
| FDA warning letters (20%) | B (70) | 1 letter to the owner Oct 29, 2021 to Oct 29, 2026. |
Shown, not graded: recall reasons (1 pathogen) · IARC notes (1 product) · FDA dye pledge: none on FDA's tracker.
Recalls, Oct 29, 2021 to Oct 29, 2026
Class I, Sep 26, 2025 · Pathogen · FDA event 97738, 2 products (counted once)
Basil Pesto Bowtie Pasta Salad, packaged in plastic containers with various weights, with UPC 217573-1XXXX (sold at deli service counters) or UPC 217573-2XXXX (sold as Grab-n-Go packages in deli departments), under the banners Kroger, Baker's, City Market, Dillons, Fred Meyer, Fry's, Gerbes, King Soopers, Payless, Ralphs and Smith's
- Reason (FDA's words)
- Store-made deli items contain a pasta ingredient that was recalled due to potential Listeria monocytogenes
- Code information
- Sold On: Sep 6 2025 through Oct 2 2025
- Recalling firm
- The Kroger Co
- Dates
- Recall started Sep 26, 2025; classified Oct 17, 2025
- Status
- Terminated (status reported by FDA at classification)
- How we matched it
- matched by recalling firm (name) and brand name
FDA record H-0094-2026: openFDA · Report an error
Smoked Mozzarella Penne Salad, packaged in plastic containers with various weights, with UPC 227573-1XXXX (sold at deli service counters) or UPC 227573-2XXXX (sold as Grab-n-Go packages in deli departments), under the banners Kroger, Baker's, City Market, Dillons, Fred Meyer, Fry's, Gerbes, King Soopers, Payless, Ralphs and Smith's
- Reason (FDA's words)
- Store-made deli items contain a pasta ingredient that was recalled due to potential Listeria monocytogenes
- Code information
- Sold On: Aug 29 2025 through Oct 2 2025
- Recalling firm
- The Kroger Co
- Dates
- Recall started Sep 26, 2025; classified Oct 17, 2025
- Status
- Terminated (status reported by FDA at classification)
- How we matched it
- matched by recalling firm (name) and brand name
FDA record H-0095-2026: openFDA · Report an error
2 recall events by The Kroger Co. name no brand, so they are on the owner's page, not counted here.
Store-brand and co-packer recalls count on a brand only when a UPC in the recall matches one of its products.
Ingredients on our watch list
Sodium nitrite Tier C in 1 of 6 products
IARC classifies "Nitrate or nitrite (ingested) under conditions that result in endogenous nitrosation" in Group 2A (IARC Monographs Vol. 94 (2010): Ingested Nitrate and Nitrite). Shown only; not part of the grade.
Products (1)
- LOW SODIUM BACON, HARDWOOD SMOKED · UPC 11110966827 · FoodData Central record of Jul 29, 2021
C Sodium nitrite ("sodium nitrite") · Report an error
Labels change: each row shows the date of its FoodData Central record. A brand that has changed a recipe can report it with "Report an error".
FDA warning letters to The Kroger Co., Oct 29, 2021 to Oct 29, 2026
- The Kroger Company, Dec 12, 2025: Infant Botulism Outbreak · Human Foods Program · Report an error
FDA notes that later events may have changed the regulatory status of what a letter discusses.