Fresh Express Italian Balsamic Kit Salad Recall for Listeria Risk
Fresh Express Inc is recalling Italian Balsamic Kit salad products due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The affected 10.5 oz packages were distributed to wholesalers 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 recall as Class I, and Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen capable of causing serious illness and death. Per the rubric, FDA Class I recalls are never scored below 4.
Plain-English summary
Fresh Express Inc, a division of Chiquita Brands, is recalling Italian Balsamic Kit salad products packed in 10.5 oz packages due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall involves product codes Z324 through Z350.
Approximately 6,367 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. An additional 3 foreign distributors in Canada received affected product.
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, children, elderly individuals, and immunocompromised persons. Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it. Those with questions should contact Fresh Express Inc or their healthcare provider.
The recalled product
- Product
- "Italian Balsamic Kit" (salad product) packed in 10.5oz. packages
- Manufacturer
- Fresh Express Inc (Div of Chiquita Brands)
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat Salad
- Hazard
- listeria-monocytogenes
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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