Dole Little Salad Bar Shredded Lettuce Recalled for Listeria monocytogenes
Dole Fresh Vegetables is recalling Little Salad Bar 8 oz Shredded Lettuce because harvest equipment was found to contain Listeria monocytogenes. Affected products have best-by dates from December 22, 2021 through January 9, 2022.
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 recall is classified as FDA Class I, which establishes a minimum severity rating of 4. The contamination involves Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen confirmed in harvest equipment. Although no reported illnesses or deaths are mentioned in the source text, the confirmed presence of this pathogen warrants a Severe rating.
Plain-English summary
Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc is recalling Little Salad Bar 8 oz Shredded Lettuce due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious illness, particularly in vulnerable populations such as pregnant women, young children, elderly individuals, and people with weakened immune systems.
The contamination was discovered when harvest equipment used in harvesting raw iceberg lettuce was tested and found to contain Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled product has package codes beginning with W and best-by dates from December 22, 2021 through January 9, 2022. A total of 578,243 cases were distributed.
The product was distributed across the United States and Canada. Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it and should discard it.
The recalled product
- Product
- Little Salad Bar 8 oz Shredded Lettuce UPC: 4099100087963 SKU: 3404
- Manufacturer
- Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 578,243
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 (3)
- Product codes beginning with W - Best by Dates of December 22
- 2021 through January 9
- 2022.
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 55 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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