Nearly 75 Dole-branded and private label packaged salads are being recalled.
Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. is recalling all Dole-branded packaged salads processed at its Springfield, Ohio, and Soledad, California, production facilities containing iceberg lettuce, due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes.
The recall is being issued after harvest equipment used in the harvesting of the raw iceberg lettuce material used in these finished products was tested by Dole and found to contain Listeria monocytogenes, company officials said.
Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
No other Dole products, including fresh fruit and field-packed fresh vegetables, are part of these voluntary recalls and are safe to consume.
Retailer and consumer questions about the voluntary recalls should be directed to the Dole Consumer Response Center at 800-356-3111, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
Recall details
The 36 products subject to the voluntary recall from Springfield are identified by a product lot code beginning with the letter “W” and a “Best if Used By” date between December 22, 2021, and January 9, 2022.
The 36 products subject to the voluntary recall from Soledad are identified by a product lot code beginning with the letter “B” and a “Best if Used By” date between December 23, 2021, and January 8, 2022.
The product lot codes are located in the upper-right-hand corner of the package. Consumers who still have any of these products in their refrigerators are urged not to consume the product and to discard it immediately. No illnesses associated with the recalled products have been reported.
To see the list of recalled products, click here.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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