Fresh Express Avocado Ranch Salad Recalled for Listeria Risk
Fresh Express Inc is recalling Avocado Ranch salad products in 9.7oz and 12.8oz packages due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The products were distributed to wholesalers across 20 U.S. states and Canada.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The FDA has classified this as a Class I recall. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen capable of causing serious illness and hospitalization, which meets the Severe criteria threshold.
Plain-English summary
Fresh Express Inc, a division of Chiquita Brands, is recalling Avocado Ranch salad products packed in 9.7oz and 12.8oz packages. The recall was initiated because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause serious illness.
Approximately 2,594 cases of the recalled product were distributed to 110 domestic distributors across Connecticut, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Wisconsin. An additional 3 distributors in Canada also received the product.
Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it. The FDA recommends that customers return the product to the place of purchase or dispose of it.
The recalled product
- Product
- "Avocado Ranch" (salad product) packed in 9.7oz. and 12.8oz. packages
- Manufacturer
- Fresh Express Inc (Div of Chiquita Brands)
- Hazard
- listeria-monocytogenes
- pathogenic-contamination
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (1)
- Z324-Z350
Distribution
Distributed in 20 states:
- CT
- IA
- IL
- IN
- KY
- MA
- MD
- ME
- MI
- MN
- MO
- ND
- NH
- NJ
- NY
- OH
- PA
- RI
- VA
- WI
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