Check your packaged salads: CDC warns of 2 listeria outbreaks

[TexasTowelie]

Source: AP

U.S. health officials are warning the public not to eat certain brands of packaged salads, which they say are linked to two small, long-running listeria outbreaks in which three people died.

One outbreak is linked to packaged salads produced by Fresh Express and another has been tied to packaged salads produced by Dole. The outbreaks are caused by different strains of listeria bacteria and there’s no known link between them, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.

In the outbreak linked to Fresh Express, ten people in eight states were identified in the outbreak between 2016 and late October of this year. All were hospitalized and one person, in Pennsylvania, died.

This week, Fresh Express recalled many brands of packaged salad products with product codes Z324 through Z350. The CDC is telling people not to eat, sell, or serve any recalled products.

Read more: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/12/25/check-your-packaged-salads-cdc-warns-of-2-listeria-outbreaks/

[unweird]

1. We had some of these

Purchased from Giant Eagle last Saturday. Wife caught them before we consumed.

[Luciferous]

2. When I went shopping last time the entire prepackaged salad section was empty because of this.

[Talitha]

10. Here too, about 3 days ago... it was eerie to see the whole section empty.

But I thought it was because of a late shipment.

[Luciferous]

18. Oh, they had a sign up at our store explaining the recall.

[Irish_Dem]

3. I have two bags of the Dole Sunflower Crunch Salad Kit

On the list.

Purchased three bags last Monday at Krogers.

I ate one on Monday and didn't feel well but didn't connect it to the salad.
I eat these salads all the time.

Throwing the two remaining bags out.

Many thanks for posting.

[George II]

4. I'm glad it's winter, we don't get any of those until spring anyway. Thanks for the notice though!

[wishstar]

5. I quit using/eating bagged salads years ago when they always gave me intestinal problems

Every time we ate with my brother and sister-in-law who used bagged salads, I would have problems until I started declining salad and just eating cooked foods in their home. At my house we only use iceberg or cabbage where we can shuck lots of outer layers and greens that are cooked thoroughly and I have never had a problem. After several years of frequent reports of salmonella and listeria in bagged salads, I avoid them completely and don't eat restaurant salads either anymore.

[Irish_Dem]

6. DU saved me from getting sick.

When I first read the OP I was away from the house but knew I had two bags of the Dole salad listed. I just got home and checked the batch numbers against the recall list.

The two bags in my refrigerator are on the recall list.

Dole 12.2oz Chopped Sunflower Crunch Kit 071430000342

I bought three bags last Monday from Kroger's. Ate one on Monday and was sick the next day. Didn't connect it to the salad since I eat this salad all the time.

Who knows what would have happened if I ate two more bags. Luckily because it was Christmas I was with friends eating Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinners, so was not eating my regular salads.

Just cleaned my refrigerator per instructions on the internet.

Thanks Texas!

[TexasTowelie]

17. You're welcome.

I'm glad that you saw the thread and that you disposed of the tainted produce.

[Grins]

7. Don't believe it!!!

Like vaccine mandates, this is just the the iron fist of a tyrannical government mandating what you can eat!


(Yes. Sarcasm. But if the Reich-wing set truly believes government should stay COMPLETELY out of people's lives - chow down! It's cheaper than ever!)

[Smackdown2019]

9. Sad but true!

We democrats should just hold signs that say don't jump off the 100 ft cliff, you might get hurt. They, trumpers, will do the opposite.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. I'm seeing "bagged" and "packaged" salads in the OP

When I think of "bagged" I see the loose chopped salad which is mixed with carrots and other stuff.
When I think of "packaged" I think of the mixed greens in the hard plastic containers.

Come to think of it, ours is always the organic spring greens....

gotta go check.......

[Skittles]

11. TOSS THAT SALAD!

yes indeed

[Kali]

12. LOL!

[Skittles]

13. I kid you not

a few years back there was a story on bad salads on CNN and the ticker said TOSS THAT SALAD!
I snorted and thought, those guys in the back room are having a good time indeed

[Kali]

14. oh that's great

if that was my job I would be tempted to do funny things with those lines too.

[Skittles]

15. with those lines

hey is that a pun?

[Kali]

16. ha!