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Kane Health Department: Voluntary Recall for Dole Salads

The Kane County Health Department is alerting residents to a voluntary recall of 756 cases of Dole Seven Lettuces salad.

The Kane County Health Department is alerting residents that Dole Fresh Vegetables is voluntarily recalling 756 cases of Dole Seven Lettuces salad due to a possible health risk from Salmonella. Dole Fresh Vegetables is coordinating closely with regulatory officials.  No illnesses have been reported in association with the recall.

The products have a Use-by Date of April 11, 2012, a UPC code of 71430 01057 and Product Codes of 0577N089112A and 0577N089112B. The Product Code and Use-by Date are in the upper right-hand corner of the package; the UPC code is on the back of the package, below the barcode. Although the Use-by date has passed, consumers may want to check to see if they have the product on their shelves.

The salads were distributed in fifteen U.S. states (Illinois, Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin). This precautionary recall notification is being issued due to an isolated instance in which a sample of Seven Lettuces salad yielded a positive result for Salmonella in a random sample test collected and conducted by the State of New York.

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No other Dole salads are included in the recall. Only the specific Product Codes, UPC codes and April 11, 2012 Use-by-Date of Seven Lettuces salads identified above 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 the Dole Food Company Consumer Response Center at (800) 356-3111, which is open 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (PDT) Monday through Friday.

Retailers should check their inventories and store shelves to confirm that none of the product is mistakenly present or available for purchase by consumers or in warehouse inventories. Dole Fresh Vegetables customer service representatives are already contacting retailers and are in the process of confirming that the recalled product is not in the stream of commerce.

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Salmonella is an organism that can cause foodborne illness in a person who eats a food item contaminated with it. Symptoms of infection include fever, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting or abdominal pain. The illness primarily impacts young children, frail and elderly people and those with weakened immune systems. Most healthy adults and children rarely become seriously ill.

 

SOURCE: Kane County Health Department press release 

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