Marketside Organic Baby Spinach and Kale Recalled for Potential Listeria
Dole Fresh Vegetables is recalling Marketside 5oz Organic Baby Spinach & Baby Kale Clamshells due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The recall involves over 2 million cases 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: The agency classified this recall as Class I — 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. On that classification alone this is scored Severe; a score of Critical is reserved for recalls where a death or serious injury was reported. The agency gives the reason as: "Potential Listeria monocytogenes"
Plain-English summary
Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc is recalling Marketside 5oz Organic Baby Spinach & Baby Kale Clamshells (UPC 681131221290) due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The affected product consists of 207,624 cases from Yuma and 2,081,894 cases from Bessemer City. The product has been distributed to retail locations 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.
The affected product carries codes beginning with either the letter "N" or "Y" with Best if Used By dates between November 30, 2021, and January 8, 2022. Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it and should discard it or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Marketside 5oz Organic Baby Spinach & Baby Kale Clamshell Product UPC 681131221290
- Manufacturer
- Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc
- Category
- Food — Produce / Leafy Greens
- 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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