Marketside Romaine Salad Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination
Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc is recalling Marketside Premium Hearts of Romaine Salad for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Products with specific codes and Best If Used By dates between November 30, 2021 and January 8, 2022 are affected.
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: This is an FDA Class I recall of a ready-to-eat produce product with potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination, a high-risk pathogen. FDA Class I classification mandates a minimum severity score of 4, despite no reported illnesses in the source.
Plain-English summary
Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc, the manufacturer, is recalling Marketside Premium Hearts of Romaine Salad (10 oz packages, UPC 681131027830) due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected products include 207,624 cases from Yuma and 2,081,894 cases from Bessemer City, for a total of approximately 2.3 million cases. Products with codes beginning with the letter 'N' or 'Y' and Best If Used By dates between November 30, 2021 and January 8, 2022 are involved in this recall.
The recalled products were distributed to consumers in 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 who have purchased the affected products should not consume them. If you have this product, return it to the place of purchase for a refund or discard it.
The recalled product
- Product
- Marketside 10oz Premium Hearts of Romaine Salad Product UPC 681131027830
- Manufacturer
- Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc
- Category
- Food — Produce / Ready-to-Eat
- 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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