Food recall

Fresh Express Incorpated recall: Fresh Express Chopped Romaine 1 lb

Fresh Express Incorpated, of Windermere, FL, recalled Fresh Express Chopped Romaine 1 lb and 2 other products. The FDA's reason: “Fresh Express initiates a recall of expired foodservice salad products produced at its Streamwood, IL facility after a test yielded a positive result for the Cyclospora organism.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 27, 2018, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 12, 2018. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...)

Status

Terminated

Closed October 16, 2018

The recall

Company
Fresh Express Incorpated (Windermere, FL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Fresh Express initiates a recall of expired foodservice salad products produced at its Streamwood, IL facility after a test yielded a positive result for the Cyclospora organism.”
Where it was sold
Domestic: IA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, OH, PA, SD, WI, WV Foreign/VA/DOD: None
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
80676

The 3 products recalled

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

  • F-1946-2018 Class II

    Fresh Express Chopped Romaine 1 lb

    Codes: Fresh Express Chopped Romaine, Product Code 48002 and Use-Thru Date of July 24

    Quantity: 482 cases

  • F-1947-2018 Class II

    McDonald s Whole Green Leaf Salad 1 lb

    Codes: McDonald s Whole Green Leaf Salad, Product Code 22022 and Use-Thru Date of July 20

    Quantity: 837 cases

  • F-1948-2018 Class II

    McDonalds Salad Ingredients, 9.25 lb, Salad Blend Romaine, Carrot & Spinach, Kale, Red Leaf Lettuce

    Codes: McDonalds Salad Ingredients, Product Code of 56755 and Use-Thru Date of July 19.- 868 cases o McDonalds Salad Ingredients, Product Code of 56755 and Use-Thru Date of July 20.- 1,135 cases Z191A or B8

    Quantity: 2003 cases

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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 September 12, 2018.

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.