Dole Food Company, Inc. : Dole Fresh Vegetables Announces Recall of Limited Number of Salads
08/22/2012| 11:05pm US/Eastern
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Dole Fresh Vegetables is voluntarily recalling 1,039 cases of bagged
salad. The product being recalled is 10 oz. Dole Italian Blend coded
0049N2202008, with a Use-By date of August 20 and UPC 7143000819 due to
a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes. Dole Fresh
Vegetables is coordinating closely with regulatory officials. No
illnesses have been reported in association with the recall.
The product code and Use-By date are in the upper right-hand corner of
the package; the UPC code is on the back of the package, below the
barcode. The salads were distributed in eight U.S. states (Florida,
Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Mississippi and Virginia). No illnesses have been reported in
association with the recall. This recall notification is being issued
due to an isolated instance in which a sample of Dole Italian Blend
salad yielded a positive result for Listeria monocytogenes in a random
sample test conducted by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
No other salads are included in the recall. Only the specific product
codes, UPC codes and August 20, 2012 Use-By date identified above are
included in the recall. Consumers who have any remaining product with
this Product Code should not consume it, but rather discard it.
Retailers and consumers with questions may call the Dole Food Company
Consumer Response Center at (800) 356-3111, which is open 8:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. (PT) Monday-Friday.
Although the product is 2 days past its Use-By date and it is highly
unlikely that any product is still available at retail, retailers should
check their inventories and store shelves to confirm that none of the
product is mistakenly present or available for purchase by consumers or
in warehouse inventories. Dole Fresh Vegetables customer service
representatives are already contacting retailers and are in the process
of confirming that the recalled product is not in the stream of commerce.
Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause foodborne illness
in a person who eats a food item contaminated with it. Symptoms of
infection may include fever, muscle aches, gastrointestinal symptoms
such as nausea or diarrhea. The illness primarily impacts pregnant women
and adults with weakened immune systems. Most healthy adults and
children rarely become seriously ill.
Dole
Marty Ordman
818-874-4834
marty.ordman@dole.com
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