Food recall

Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc recall: Dole Baby Spinach

Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc, of Monterey, CA, recalled Dole Baby Spinach. The FDA's reason: “Michigan Department of Agriculture sampled and tested spinach and received a positive result for Salmonella.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 9, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 28, 2019. 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

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed September 10, 2019

The recall

Company
Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc (Monterey, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Michigan Department of Agriculture sampled and tested spinach and received a positive result for Salmonella.”
Where it was sold
IL, IN, KY, MI, NJ, NY, OH, TN, WI, VA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
83545

The product recalled

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

  • F-2090-2019 Class I

    Dole Baby Spinach: 6 oz. (170 g) plastic bag, UPC 0-71430-00964-2, SKU 320; 10 oz. (283 g) clamshell, UPC 0-71430-00016-8, SKU 2337 Distributed by: Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc., Monterey, CA 93940.

    Codes: BAG CODE: W20308A and W20308B - 6 oz. bag, BAG CODE: W203010 - 10 oz. clamshell; Both with Enjoy by dates of 8-5-2019 Product of the USA

    Quantity: 14,790 bags; 1,518 clamshells

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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 August 28, 2019.

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.