The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0649-2016·Announced 2016-03-09

Dole Recalls Salads from Springfield, Ohio Facility

Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc is withdrawing all salads produced at its Springfield, Ohio facility, including Walmart Caesar Bacon Salad Kits, due to a Class I recall.

What this means for you

Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The source metadata explicitly identifies the agency classification as FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 (Critical) according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc is suspending operations and withdrawing all marketed Dole and private label salads produced at its Springfield, Ohio facility. This recall includes the Caesar Bacon Salad Kit, 14.54 oz. bag, sold at Walmart, as well as other private label salads from the same location.

The affected products may be identified by a product code beginning with the letter A in the upper right-hand corner of the package. For the Walmart Caesar Bacon Salad Kit, the production code is 3111. The distribution of these products was nationwide and in Canada.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has classified this as a Class I recall. Consumers should stop using the affected products and follow instructions from the recalling firm or retailer for disposal or return.

The recalled product

Product
Caesar Bacon Salad Kit, 14.54 oz. bag - Walmart; All marketed Dole and private label salads produced in the Springfield, OH facility. Product may be identified by an A in the upper right hand corner of the package.

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 49 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.

See all 49 products in this recall →