Canada - Packaged RTE Baby Spinach Recalled After CFIA Detects Listeria

In Canada, Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. is recalling of Dole brand Baby Spinach with Tender Reds from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination  This recall was triggered by Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) test results. The CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products.

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Food Safety Warning - Dole brand Baby Spinach with Tender Reds recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

 Advisory date: August 8, 2018
Reason for advisory:Microbiological - Listeria 
Hazard classification:Class 2 
Company / Firm:Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. 
Distribution:New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Possibly National, Prince Edward Island
Extent of the distribution:Consumer 


Advisory details

Ottawa, August 8, 2018 - Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. is recalling of Dole brand Baby Spinach with Tender Reds from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below.


Products  Brand Name  Common Name  Size  Code(s) on Product  UPC
 
Dole
  Baby Spinach with Tender Reds   142 g   Best Before 18-AU-04
 All time codes starting with W202011   0 71430 06069 8
 

What you should do

If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, call your doctor.

Check to see if you have recalled products in your home. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the store where they were purchased.

Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache and neck stiffness. Pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk. Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild, flu-like symptoms, the infection can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn or even stillbirth. In severe cases of illness, people may die.
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Background

This recall was triggered by Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) test results. The CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. If other high-risk products are recalled, the CFIA will notify the public through updated Food Recall Warnings.

The CFIA is verifying that industry is removing recalled product from the marketplace.


Illnesses

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.