Presidents Choice Garden Salad recalled due to Listeria contamination risk
Presidents Choice 12 oz Garden Salad is being recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes detected in harvest equipment. Products with codes beginning with W and best-by dates December 22, 2021 through January 9, 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: FDA Class I agency classification applies, indicating the most serious food safety recall category. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen.
Plain-English summary
Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc is recalling Presidents Choice 12 oz Garden Salad / Le Choix du President Salade Jardiniere. Harvest equipment used in harvesting raw iceberg lettuce was tested by Dole and found to contain Listeria monocytogenes.
Approximately 578,243 cases were distributed across Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan) and the United States. The affected products have codes beginning with W and best-by dates of December 22, 2021 through January 9, 2022.
Consumers should not consume the recalled product and should discard it or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Presidents Choice 12 oz Garden Salad / Le Choix du President Salade Jardiniere UPC: 0-60383-22268-0 SKU: 3234
- Manufacturer
- Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc
- Category
- Food — Produce / Ready-to-Eat
- 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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