FDA Alert: Vegetable Recall 　

Emergency Message System

May 18th, 2023

Lancaster Foods Updates Voluntary Recall of Various Expired Kale, Spinach and Collard Green Products

Summary:

Company Announcement Date: May 12, 2023
FDA Publish Date: May 12, 2023
Product Type: Food & Beverages, Produce, Foodborne Illness
Reason for Announcement: Potential for Listeria monocytogenes
Company Name: Lancaster Foods
Brand Name: Robinson Fresh, Lancaster, Giant
Product Description: Kale, Spinach, Collard Green products

Company Announcement:

Lancaster Foods has updated their May 5, 2023 Recall notice to add one product (Lancaster Brand Spinach item #41714, “Best If Used By” date April 29, 2023).

Lancaster Foods is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of 3 brands of already-expired Robinson Fresh, Lancaster, and Giant brand Kale, Spinach and Collard Green products produced at the company’s Jessup, Maryland facility. This recall is due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes. No related illnesses have been reported to date. The recalled products are beyond their “Best If Used By Date”.

Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. Consumers with these symptoms should immediately consult their health care provider.

The recall was initiated after notification that a random sample of a single bag of Chopped Kale Greens product with a “BEST IF USED BY May 1 2023” date collected by the New York Agriculture and Markets Food Safety Division tested positive for the Listeria pathogen.