Garden Salads from Multiple Retailers Recalled for Potential Listeria
Multiple brands of pre-packaged garden salads are being recalled due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Affected products include items from Ahold, Kroger, Lidl, Little Salad Bar, and Dole distributed across 40+ states.
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: FDA Class I classification requires a minimum severity score of 4. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen capable of causing serious illness, particularly in vulnerable populations, even though no illnesses have been reported in the source text.
Plain-English summary
Multiple brands of pre-packaged garden salads manufactured by Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc are being recalled due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected products include 32-ounce Ahold Garden Salads (UPC 688267011610), Kroger 12-ounce Garden Salads (UPC 011110910363), Kroger 24-ounce Garden Salads (UPC 011110910370), 12-ounce Lidl Garden Salads (UPC 20737726), 12-ounce Little Salad Bar Garden Salads (UPC 4099100082982), 12-ounce Dole Garden Salads (UPC 071430011355), and 24-ounce Dole Garden Salads (UPC 071430011362).
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious illness. The recalled products were distributed across Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Consumers should identify affected products by the code beginning with "N" or "Y" and a Best if Used By date between November 30, 2021 and January 8, 2022. Approximately 2.3 million cases from production facilities in Yuma and Bessemer City were affected.
Consumers who have purchased these products should not consume them and should discard them or return them to the retailer.
The recalled product
- Product
- Ahold 32oz Garden Salad Product UPC 688267011610 Kroger 12oz Garden Salad Product UPC 011110910363 Kroger 24oz Garden Salad Product UPC 011110910370 Lidl 12oz Garden Salad Product UPC 20737726 Little Salad Bar 12oz Garden Salad Product UPC 4099100082982 Dole 12oz Garden
- Manufacturer
- Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc
- 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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