Food Recall Warning - Certain Fresh Express brand salad products recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

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OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 21, 2021 /CNW/ -

Summary

• Brands: Fresh Express
• Product: Salad products
• Companies: Fresh Express Incorporated
• Issue: Food – Microbial contamination – Listeria
• Category: Fruits and vegetables – Fresh
• What to do: Do not consume the recalled products
• Audience: General public
• Recall class: Class I

Affected products

Brand	Product	Size	UPC	Codes
Fresh Express	Organic Salad Kit Organic Sweet Dijon Onion	215 g	0 71279 30950 7	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Organic Salad Kit Organic Classic Caesar	278 g	0 71279 78713 8	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Iceberg Garden Salad	340 g	0 71279 10412 6	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Kit Caesar Supreme	298 g	0 71279 30214 0	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Kit Caesar Salad	278 g	0 71279 30215 7	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	3 Color Deli Coleslaw - Garden	397 g	0 71279 12302 8	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Kit Bacon Caesar	283 g	0 71279 30109 9	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Iceberg Garden Salad	680 g	0 71279 10413 3	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Spinach	454 g	0 71279 13208 2	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Twisted Caesar Chopped Salad Kit Asian Caesar	272 g	0 71279 30212 6	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Chopped Kit Sunflower Crisp	320 g	0 71279 30933 0	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Chopped Kit Southwest	326 g	0 71279 30930 9	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Chopped Kit Asian	349 g	0 71279 30929 3	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Sweet Butter Salad	170 g	0 71279 22104 5	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Garden Shreds Iceberg	227 g	0 71279 10708 0	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Twisted Caesar Chopped Salad Kit Classic Caesar	266 g	0 71279 30211 9	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Veggie Lover's Salad	312 g	0 71279 28106 3	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Green & Crisp Salad	312 g	0 71279 10813 1	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Spinach	227 g	0 71279 13207 5	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Hearts of Romaine	255 g	0 71279 26115 7	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	American Salad	312 g	0 71279 24103 6	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Twisted Caesar Chopped Salad Kit Avocado Caesar	275 g	0 71279 30926 2	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"
Fresh Express	Baby Spinach	142 g	0 71279 27123 1	All packages bearing a lot code beginning with "Z324" through "Z350"

Issue

Fresh Express Incorporated is recalling certain Fresh Express brand salad products from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The recalled products have been sold in Manitoba and Ontario and may have been distributed in other provinces and territories. 

Product codes are located on the front of the packages below the Use-By Date, as shown below.

What you should do

• If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, call your doctor
• Check to see if you have the recalled products in your home
• Do not consume the recalled products
• Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the location 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.

Learn more:

• Learn more about the health risks 
• Sign up for recall notifications by email and follow us on social media
• View our detailed explanation of the food safety investigation and recall process
• Report a food safety or labelling concern

Background

This recall was triggered by the company.

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.

What is being done

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (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 the recalled products from the marketplace.

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SOURCE Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

Public inquiries and media: Company information: Fresh Express Incorporated, Consumer Inquiries: Fresh Express Consumer Response Center [phone], Media Inquiries: Donna Stephens [phone] or Barbara Hines [phone], Regulatory Inquiries: Michelle Casias [phone]; Public enquiries: Toll-free: 1-800-442-2342 (Canada and U.S.), Telephone: [phone] (local or international), Email: [email protected]; Media relations: Telephone: [phone], Email: [email protected]