Listeria Recall Hits Fresh To You Sausage Biscuit Sandwiches

Fresh & Ready Foods of Renton, Washington has recalled its Fresh To You Sausage Egg & Cheese Biscuit Sandwiches for possible Listeria monocytogenes (a bacterium that causes the infection listeriosis) contamination. No illnesses have been reported to the company to date in connection with the product.

The recall stems from an upstream supplier problem. Fresh & Ready Foods sourced biscuits from CH Guenther & Son, which issued its own recall for biscuit products potentially contaminated with the pathogen. The biscuit served as an ingredient only in the recalled sandwich.

Which products are covered?

The recall covers one specific item with precise identifiers:

• Product: Fresh To You Sausage Egg & Cheese Biscuit Sandwiches
• Package: 4.6-ounce clear plastic film
• SKU: 3100048
• UPC: 8 405493 0168 4
• Best by dates: "Fresh Thru 11/07/26 to 11/19/26," printed on the front label

The sandwiches were produced at the Renton facility and distributed in Washington and Oregon between October 25 and November 4, 2026. The distribution channel matters here: the product went to employee break rooms, refrigerated vending machines, and cafeterias rather than retail shelves.

That channel narrows the exposure but complicates the recovery. Vending machine operators and foodservice managers, not individual shoppers, hold most of the inventory and must execute the pull.

What should operators and consumers do?

Anyone holding the sandwich should not eat it. Reheating thoroughly does not eliminate the risk, because of the possibility of cross-contamination during handling.

The company offers two disposal paths:

• Discard the sandwich in a secure trash can, double bagged first so other people cannot see it
• Return it to the place of purchase for a full refund

Anyone who already ate the sandwich should monitor their health for symptoms of listeriosis for the next 70 days. Listeria has an unusually long incubation period, which is why the monitoring window stretches past two months. If illness develops, see a doctor.

Why supplier-linked recalls ripple downstream

This is a secondary recall, triggered by a supplier's contamination rather than a failure inside Fresh & Ready Foods' own plant. Ingredient-driven recalls now account for a meaningful share of food safety actions, and they expose a structural weakness in sandwich and bakery programs: a single biscuit supplier can force simultaneous withdrawals across multiple finished-goods producers.

For vending and micro-market operators in the Pacific Northwest, the practical cost is inventory write-offs and refund processing on a low-ticket item. The recall window is short — eleven days of distribution — and the product's shelf life expires by November 19, 2026, which limits how much stock remains in the field.

No illnesses have been reported so far, and the tight distribution scope suggests the financial and public health fallout should stay contained if the pull moves quickly.