Dole Fresh Vegetables issues precautionary recall for some bagged salads

Dole Fresh Vegetables is voluntarily recalling 1,077 cases of bagged salads due to possible listeria contamination.

The products being recalled are Kroger Fresh Selections Greener Supreme coded N158 211B 1613 KR04 with Use-by date of June 19 and UPC 11110 91039, Kroger Fresh Selections Leafy Romaine coded N158 111B KR11 with Use-by date of June 19 and UPC 11110 91046 and Wal Mart Marketside Leafy Romaine coded N158111B with Use-by date of June 19 and UPC code 81131 02781. Dole Fresh Vegetables is coordinating closely with regulatory officials. No illnesses have been reported in association with the recall.

The salads were distributed in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

The precautionary recall notification is being issued after a bag of Marketside Leafy Romaine salad yielded a positive result for Listeria monocytogenes in a random sample test conducted by the state of North Carolina.

No other Wal Mart Marketside, or Kroger Fresh Selections salads are included in the recall.

Consumers who have any remaining product with these Product Codes should not consume it, but rather discard it. Retailers and consumers with questions may call Dole Food Company Consumer Response Center at (800) 356-3111, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. (PDT) Monday – Friday.