Dole Fresh Vegetables is voluntarily recalling bagged salads because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. No illnesses have been reported in association with these recalled salads.
The recalled products include Dole Italian Blend, with UPC number 7143000819), Fresh Selections Italian Style Blend with UPC number 1111091045, Little Salad Bar Italian Salad with UPC number 4149811014, and Marketside Italian Style Salad with UPC number 8113102780. All are coded A058201A or B, with use by date of March 12, 2014. The salads were distributed in Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and in New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec in Canada.
If you purchased any of these products, do not eat. Discard or return to the place of purchase for a refund. If you ate any of these products, monitor yourself for the symptoms of Listeria monocytogenes food poisoning for the next 70 days. Those symptoms include flu-like fever, muscle aches, upset stomach, diarrhea, stiff neck, headache, loss of balance, and confusion. Pregnant women may have only a mild flu-like illness, but listeriosis can cause miscarriage and stillbirth. Listeriosis can be treated with antibiotics, most successfully at the early stage.
