Dole, Little Salad Bar, and Marketside Chopped Avocado Ranch Kits Recalled for Listeria
Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc is recalling chopped avocado ranch salad kits sold under Dole, Little Salad Bar, and Marketside brands due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The products were distributed across 36 states.
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 designation mandates a minimum severity score of 4. Listeria monocytogenes is a serious high-risk pathogen. The recall characterizes the contamination as 'potential,' indicating it has not yet been confirmed in distributed products.
Plain-English summary
Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc is recalling multiple chopped avocado ranch salad kits sold under the Dole, Little Salad Bar, and Marketside brands due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
Affected products include Dole 11.3oz Chopped Avocado Ranch Kit (UPC 01430000915 and 071430000915), Little Salad Bar 11.5oz Chopped Avocado Ranch Kit (UPC 4099100219555), and Marketside 12.3oz Chopped Avocado Ranch Kit (UPC 681131305136). Products bearing codes beginning with "N" or "Y" with a Best if Used By date between November 30, 2021 and January 8, 2022 are affected. A total of 2,289,518 cases are being recalled from manufacturing facilities in Yuma and Bessemer City.
The recalled products were distributed to retailers in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Consumers who have purchased these products should not consume them and should return them to the retailer where purchased.
The recalled product
- Product
- Dole 11.3oz Chop Avocado Ranch Kit Product UPC 01430000915 and 071430000915 Little Salad Bar 11.5oz Chopped Avocado Ranch Kit Product UPC 4099100219555 Marketside 12.3oz Chopped Avocado Ranch Kit Product UPC 681131305136
- Manufacturer
- Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc
- Category
- Food — Ready-to-Eat Salad Kit
- 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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