Ahold Garden Salad Mix Recalled for Potential Listeria Monocytogenes
Ahold 12oz Garden Salad Mix is recalled due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Affected packages have lot codes beginning with 'N' or 'Y' with 'Best if Used By' dates from November 30, 2021 to January 8, 2022.
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: FDA Class I recall involving Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen that meets the minimum severity threshold per agency classification. No illnesses have been reported.
Plain-English summary
Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc is recalling Ahold 12oz Garden Salad Mix (UPC 688267184437) due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause serious illness.
Affected packages have lot codes beginning with the letter 'N' or 'Y' and 'Best if Used By' dates between November 30, 2021 and January 8, 2022. The recall includes approximately 207,624 cases from Yuma and 2,081,894 cases from Bessemer City. The affected product was distributed to the following states: AL, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI.
Consumers who have purchased products matching the lot code and date criteria should not consume them. The product should be disposed of or returned to the point of purchase. Retailers should remove affected products from shelves. Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious infection, particularly in pregnant women, young children, elderly individuals, and immunocompromised persons.
The recalled product
- Product
- Ahold 12oz Garden Salad Mix Product UPC 688267184437
- Manufacturer
- Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc
- Category
- Food — Salad Mix
- Hazard
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 (2)
- 2021 and January 8
- 2022
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 76 recalled by Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc 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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