The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:SevereFDA (Food)·F-1075-2024·Announced 2024-03-27

Dole Premium Kit Endless Summer Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination

Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc is recalling Dole Premium Kit Endless Summer salad kits due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Affected products have specific production codes dated February 2024.

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: "Product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes."

Plain-English summary

Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc is recalling Dole Premium Kit Endless Summer salad kits (UPC 71430010730) due to the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified this as a Class I recall.

The affected products have specific production codes: W022 through W036 (dated February 4–18, 2024) and N023 through N036 (dated February 5–19, 2024). Approximately 50,645 cases have been distributed in the United States and Canada.

The recalled salad kits were distributed to the following U.S. states: Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. In Canada, distribution included Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec.

Consumers who have purchased affected products should not consume them. If you have questions about whether your product is affected, check the production codes on your package.

The recalled product

Product
Dole Premium Kit Endless Summer UPC 71430010730
Hazard
Affected units
50,645

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 (1)

  • W022- W036 02/04/2024- 02/18/2024 N023- N036 02/05/2024-02/19/2024

Distribution

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 5 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.

See all 5 products in this recall →

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