Organic Sweet Lettuce Salad Recalled for Listeria Contamination Risk
Fresh Express Inc is recalling Organic Sweet Lettuce salad products in 5oz. packages due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The product was distributed to domestic and Canadian distributors.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The FDA classified this as Class I. Although no illnesses or injuries have been reported in the source text, Class I recalls are per the rubric a minimum severity score of 4 regardless of whether harm has occurred. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen capable of serious infection.
Plain-English summary
Fresh Express Inc, a division of Chiquita Brands, is recalling Organic Sweet Lettuce salad products packed in 5oz. packages because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Approximately 2,378 cases with codes Z324-Z350 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 3 foreign distributors in Canada.
Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it. If you have this product, return it to the place of purchase or dispose of it. Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious infections, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, elderly individuals, and people with weakened immune systems.
The recalled product
- Product
- "Organic Sweet Lettuce" (salad product) packed in 5oz. packages
- Manufacturer
- Fresh Express Inc (Div of Chiquita Brands)
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 2,378
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
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 90 recalled by Fresh Express Inc (Div of Chiquita Brands) under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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