Kroger Fresh Selections and Walmart Marketside Bagged Salads Recalls
| Date: | June 22, 2012 |
| What: | Kroger Fresh Selections Greener Supreme bagged salad Kroger Fresh Selections Leafy Romaine bagged salad Walmart Marketside Leafy Romaine bagged salad |
| Why: | Listeria monocytogenes contamination |
| Scope: | Kroger and Walmart stores in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia |
Dole Fresh Vegetables is recalling 1,077 cases of bagged salads. The products being recalled are Kroger Fresh Selections Greener Supreme coded N158 211B 1613 KR04 with Use-by date of June 19 and UPC 11110 91039, Kroger Fresh Selections Leafy Romaine coded N158 111B KR11 with Use-by date of June 19 and UPC 11110 91046, and Walmart Marketside Leafy Romaine coded N158111B with Use-by date of June19 and UPC code 81131 02781, due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes.
The Product Code and Use-by date are in the upper right-hand corner of the package; the UPC code is on the back of the package, below the barcode. Only the specific Product Codes, UPC codes and June 19, 2012 Use-by date identified above are included in the recall. The salads were distributed in the states of Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
This recall is being issued due to an isolated instance in which a sample of Marketside Leafy Romaine salad yielded a positive result for Listeria monocytogenes in a random sample test conducted by the State of North Carolina.
No illnesses have been reported in association with the recall.
Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause foodborne illness in a person who eats a food item contaminated with it. Symptoms of infection may include fever, muscle aches, gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea or diarrhea. The illness primarily impacts pregnant women and adults with weakened immune systems. Most healthy adults and children rarely become seriously ill.
Consumers who have any remaining product with these Product Codes should not consume it, but rather discard it. Retailers and consumers with questions may call the Dole Food Company Consumer Response Center at 1-800-356-3111, which is open Monday - Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Pacific time.
Consumers with questions about food safety can Ask Heidi, a certified food safety professional.
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