Food recall

Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc recall: Italian blend Salad (Romaine Lettuce and Radicchio) packaged under the following brand names

Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc, of Monterey, CA, recalled Italian blend Salad (Romaine Lettuce and Radicchio) packaged under the following brand names. The FDA's reason: “Canadian Food Inspection Agency tested a random sample of bagged Italian Blend which tested positive for Listeria Monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on March 13, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of April 2, 2014. 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 April 21, 2014

The recall

Company
Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc (Monterey, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Canadian Food Inspection Agency tested a random sample of bagged Italian Blend which tested positive for Listeria Monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
CT, FL, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD. MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, VA and Canada
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
67748

The product recalled

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

  • F-1702-2014 Class I

    Italian blend Salad (Romaine Lettuce and Radicchio) packaged under the following brand names: Dole Italian Blend, (UPC 7143000819); Fresh Selections Italian Style Blend (Kroger) (UPC 1111091045); Little Salad Bar Italian Salad, (UPC 4149811014); Marketside Italian Style Salad, (Wal Mart) (UPC 8113102780) 10 oz. bags (283 g) Dole Fresh Vegetables Monterey, CA 93942

    Codes: A058201A, A058201B, Best By March 12, 2014.

    Quantity: 3,807 cases (6 x 10 oz bag per case)

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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 April 2, 2014.

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.