Fresh Express Organic Half & Half Salad Recalled for Listeria Risk
Fresh Express Inc is recalling Organic Half & Half salad in 5oz. and 16oz. packages due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product was distributed across the United 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 a Class I recall, which per the rubric requires a minimum score of 4. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen associated with serious illness and potential hospitalization, meeting the "Severe" threshold even without reported illnesses explicitly stated in the source text.
Plain-English summary
Fresh Express Inc, a division of Chiquita Brands, is recalling Organic Half & Half salad products packed in 5oz. and 16oz. packages. The recall covers approximately 4,611 cases with product codes Z324-Z350.
The products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a pathogenic bacterium that can cause serious illness.
The affected products 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 foreign distributors in Canada.
Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it. Those with questions or concerns should contact Fresh Express Inc or their healthcare provider.
The recalled product
- Product
- "Organic Half & Half" (salad product) packed in 5oz. and 16oz. packages
- Manufacturer
- Fresh Express Inc (Div of Chiquita Brands)
- Hazard
- listeria
- pathogenic-bacteria
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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