Food recall

Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc recall: Kroger Fresh Selections Greener Supreme

Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc, of Monterey, CA, recalled Kroger Fresh Selections Greener Supreme and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Positive MDP sample for Listeria Monocytogenes collected b USDA for Marketside Leafy Romaine Salad with Best By date of June 19, 2012.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 21, 2012, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 18, 2012. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed August 17, 2012

The recall

Company
Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc (Monterey, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Positive MDP sample for Listeria Monocytogenes collected b USDA for Marketside Leafy Romaine Salad with Best By date of June 19, 2012.”
Where it was sold
VA, NC. KY. SC. TN. GA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
62396

The 2 products recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • F-1446-2012 Class I

    Kroger Fresh Selections Greener Supreme; Iceberg lettuce, Romaine lettuce, Carrots and Red Cabbage; 12 oz plastic bag. Best if used by date: June 19, 2012: UPC 0 11110 91039 4 Distributed by the Kroger Co., Cincinnati, OH 45202

    Codes: N158 211B 1613 KR04

    Quantity: 500 cases

  • F-1447-2012 Class I

    Leafy Romaine; Romaine Lettuce & Leaf Lettuces; 10 oz plastic bag. Best if used by date: June 19, 2012. Packaged under brand names of: Kroger Fresh Selections, UPC 0 11110 91046 2, Distributed by the Kroger Co., Cincinnati, OH 45202 and Marketside UPC: 6 81131 02781 6 Distributed by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Bentonville, AR 72716

    Codes: Kroger code: N158 111B KR11; Marketside code: N158111B

    Quantity: 220 cases Kroger, 357 cases Wal-Mart

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of July 18, 2012.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.