Chopped Chipotle Cheddar Salad Recalled for Listeria Contamination
Fresh Express Inc is recalling Chopped Chipotle Cheddar salad in 11.4oz packages due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product was distributed to retailers in 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 classified this as Class I, which requires a severity score of at least 4 per the rubric. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen capable of causing serious illness and hospitalization, particularly in vulnerable populations.
Plain-English summary
Fresh Express Inc (a division of Chiquita Brands) is recalling "Chopped Chipotle Cheddar" salad product packed in 11.4oz packages because of the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause serious infection.
The affected product has code information Z324-Z350. Approximately 15,832 cases 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, as well as to 3 distributors in Canada.
Consumers who have purchased this product should not eat it. Those with questions about the recall should contact Fresh Express Inc directly.
The recalled product
- Product
- "Chopped Chipotle Cheddar" (salad product) packed in 11.4oz. packages
- Manufacturer
- Fresh Express Inc (Div of Chiquita Brands)
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat Salad
- Hazard
- listeria
- bacterial-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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