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.
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 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. 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.
- Manufacturer
- Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc
- Category
- Food — Salads
- Hazard
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.
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