How many FDA recalls has Fresh Express Incorpated had?

The FDA has published 17 food recall enforcement records naming Fresh Express Incorpated between 2016 and 2024. Those records cover 10 separate recall events: the agency opens one record per product code, so one recall of a product line appears as many records.

Does a high recall count mean a firm is unsafe?

Not on its own. Most FDA food recalls are initiated voluntarily by the firm, and a recall is the firm removing product from the market, which is what a working food safety plan is supposed to produce. Record counts also scale with the number of product codes a firm carries rather than with the number of things that went wrong.

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Fresh Express Incorpated FDA recall records

The FDA has published 17 food recall enforcement records naming Fresh Express Incorpated between 2016 and 2024, covering 10 separate recall events. The firm is recorded in Florida. Data last updated 2 September 2026.

Records of 29,386: 17
Share of all recalls: 0.1%
Class I of 17: 12
Reported between: 2016 to 2024

What these records are

Every record on this page was published by the FDA in the openFDA food enforcement database. 17 records cover 10 recall events, because the agency opens one record per product code: a single recall of a product line with many codes appears here many times.

12 of these records are Class I, 5 Class II and 0 Class III. A recall count is not a safety score. Most FDA food recalls are initiated by the firm itself, and a recall is the firm removing product from the market, which is what a food safety plan is built to produce.

What was recalled for

A single record can name more than one hazard, so these counts overlap.

By year

Counts are by the date the FDA reported the enforcement action. That date runs behind the date a firm started a recall, so the most recent year is always partial.

Year	Recalls reported
2012	0
2013	0
2014	0
2015	0
2016	2
2017	1
2018	3
2019	0
2020	2
2021	0
2022	0
2023	3
2024	6
2025	0
2026	0

Where the recalling firms are

The state is the location of the recalling firm, not where the product was sold. Distribution is recorded separately on each record.

Florida17

Most recently reported

All 17 records.
Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2024-12-11	Fresh Express Gourmet Cafe Chicken Caesar 5.75oz, Labeled Salad Bowls, Refrigerate, UPC Code: 71279407074 and Case Code:071279565620	Fresh Express Incorpated	Potential Listeria Monocytogenes Contamination. The pre-packaged condiment trays contains chicken linked to the Bruce Pac recall.	Class I
2024-12-11	Fresh Express Gourmet Cafe Santa Fe Greek 5.2 oz, Labeled Salad Bowls, Refrigerate, UPC Code: 71279 40713 5 and Case Code :71279-56704	Fresh Express Incorpated	Potential Listeria Monocytogenes Contamination. The pre-packaged condiment trays contains chicken linked to the Bruce Pac recall.	Class I
2024-02-21	Chopped 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	Fresh Express Incorpated	Product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The condiment pack in the salad kit contains cheese recalled by the cheese supplier.	Class I
2024-02-21	Fresh 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	Fresh Express Incorpated	Product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The condiment pack in the salad kit contains cheese recalled by the cheese supplier.	Class I
2024-01-24	Lettuce in clear plastic 2lb bags.	Fresh Express Incorpated	The firm was notified by the Florida Department of Agriculture that the products test positive for Listeria monoctyogenes.	Class I
2024-01-24	Spinach sold under the brand names of Fresh Express NET WT. 8 OZ (227G) UPC 0 71279 13204 4 FRESH EXPRESS INCORPORATED PO BOX 80399, SALINAS, CA 93912 & Publix NET WT 9 OZ (255g) UPC 0 41415 00886 1 DISTRIBUTED BY PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC., LAKELAND, FL 33802	Fresh Express Incorpated	The firm was notified by the Florida Department of Agriculture that the products test positive for Listeria monoctyogenes.	Class I
2023-05-03	Fresh EXPRESS Chopped Kit Caesar Romaine Lettuce TOTAL NET WT. 9.4 OZ (266g) SALAD & TOPPINGS: NET WT. 6.9 OZ (196g) DRESSING 2.5 fl. oz. (74 mL)/NET WT 2.5 oz. (71g) fresh express incorporated P.O. BOX 80599, SALINAS, CA 93912 UPC 0 71279 30919 4	Fresh Express Incorpated	The firm was notified by one of their customers that their product test positive for Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2023-05-03	PREMIUM MAKOTO HONEY GINGER SALAD KIT TOTAL NET WT 8.75 OZ (248g) DRESSING 2.03 FL OZ (60 mL) SALAD & TOPPING 6.5 OZ (184g) DISTRIBUTED BY PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC., LAKELAND, FL 33802 UPC 0 41415 18386 5	Fresh Express Incorpated	The firm was notified by one of their customers that their product test positive for Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2023-05-03	Fresh Express Chopped Kit Chipotle Cheddar TOTAL NET WT. 11.3 oz (320G) SALAD TOPPINGS NET WT 9.1 oz (258Gg) DRESSING 2.3 fl. oz. (68 mL)/NET WT 2.2oz (62g) FRESH EXPRESS INCORPORATED P.O. BOX 80599, SALINAS, CA 93912 UPC 0 71279 30604 9	Fresh Express Incorpated	The firm was notified by one of their customers that their product test positive for Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2020-12-02	FRESH EXPRESS KIT CAESAR SUPREME, Romaine Lettuce, Creamy Caesar Dressing, Italian Artisan Cheeses, Savory Garlic Croutons, Total Net WT. 10.5oz (298g)	Fresh Express Incorpated	Fresh Express Kit Caesar Supreme bagged salad potentially contaminated with Escherichia coli STEC O26.	Class I
2020-07-15	Fresh Express Chopped Kit SOUTHWEST TOTAL NET WT. 11.5 oz (326g) plastic bag. FRESH EXPRESS INCORPORATED P.O. BOX 80599, SALINAS, CA 93912 UPC 0 71279 30602 5	Fresh Express Incorpated	The firm learned that, during a single production run, incorrect condiment packets were placed into Southwest Chopped Kit bags and, as a result, the allergens wheat, soy, cashews, and coconut are not properly declared.	Class I
2018-09-12	McDonalds Salad Ingredients, 9.25 lb, Salad Blend Romaine, Carrot & Spinach, Kale, Red Leaf Lettuce	Fresh Express Incorpated	Fresh Express initiates a recall of expired foodservice salad products produced at its Streamwood, IL facility after a test yielded a positive result for the Cyclospora organism.	Class II
2018-09-12	McDonald s Whole Green Leaf Salad 1 lb	Fresh Express Incorpated	Fresh Express initiates a recall of expired foodservice salad products produced at its Streamwood, IL facility after a test yielded a positive result for the Cyclospora organism.	Class II
2018-09-12	Fresh Express Chopped Romaine 1 lb	Fresh Express Incorpated	Fresh Express initiates a recall of expired foodservice salad products produced at its Streamwood, IL facility after a test yielded a positive result for the Cyclospora organism.	Class II
2017-05-03	Organic Marketside Spring Mix, net Wt. 5 oz. (142g) packed in rigid plastic container, UPC code 6 8113132897 5.	Fresh Express Incorpated	Foreign animal matter was allegedly found in a single container of the salad.	Class II
2016-12-28	Fresh Express Kit Caesar salad, Net Wt. 7.6 oz. (215g), Fresh Express Incorporated, 550 S. Caldwell St. Charlotte, NC 28202, packed in clear flexible plastic bags. Product Code: G163B13A	Fresh Express Incorpated	The condiment kits in some Caesar Salad bags contain undeclared allergens: tree nuts (walnuts).	Class II
2016-10-26	Fresh Express American Salad, 11 oz., Product Code G264A12B, Use-By Date OCT 05	Fresh Express Incorpated	Fresh Express American had inadvertently inserted incorrect condiment kits in some bags.	Class I

Questions

How many FDA recalls has Fresh Express Incorpated had?: The FDA has published 17 food recall enforcement records naming Fresh Express Incorpated between 2016 and 2024. Those records cover 10 separate recall events: the agency opens one record per product code, so one recall of a product line appears as many records.
Does a high recall count mean a firm is unsafe?: Not on its own. Most FDA food recalls are initiated voluntarily by the firm, and a recall is the firm removing product from the market, which is what a working food safety plan is supposed to produce. Record counts also scale with the number of product codes a firm carries rather than with the number of things that went wrong.

All FDA food recall data

A recall is the end of an evidence trail that either existed or did not. Krolda maps supplier documents to the clause they satisfy in FSSC 22000, IFS Food and 21 CFR 117, and routes the corrective action when the evidence is missing.

Early access

Recall records come from the openFDA food enforcement API, published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the public domain. Krolda adds the hazard classification and the clause mapping; neither is an FDA determination. Always check the FDA notice before acting on a recall.