Apio Inc. of Guadalupe, California, recalled several “Eat Smart Single-Serve Salad Shake Ups” salad bowls after a product tested positive for the bacteria Listeria Monocytogenes.
A random sample of an Eat Smart® Sweet Kale salad bowl with a “best before” date of December 14, 2018 tested positive for Listeria, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
“As a precautionary measure, we are recalling all products produced on the same day, same production line, as the one sample that tested positive by CFIA.”
The manufacturer is not aware of any illnesses linked to the recalled salad bowls by health officials.
The recalled salad bowls can be identified with the following UPC and lot codes:
- Eat Smart Single-Serve Salad Shake Ups – Asian Sesame – UPC 7 09351 30241 1, Lot 112 331
- Eat Smart Single-Serve Salad Shake Ups – Avocado Ranch – UPC 7 09351 30177 3, Lot 112 331
- Eat Smart Single-Serve Salad Shake Ups – Raspberry Acai – UPC 7 09351 30178 0, Lot 112 331
- Eat Smart Single-Serve Salad Shake Ups – Sweet Kale – UPC 7 09351 30240 4, Lot 112 331
- Eat Smart Single-Serve Salad Shake Ups – Tropical Lime – UPC 7 09351 30179 7, Lot 112 331
- Eat Smart Single-Serve Salad Shake Ups – Avocado Ranch/Ranch ET Avocats – UPC 7 09351 30195 7, Lot 112 331
- Eat Smart Single-Serve Salad Shake Ups – Raspberry Acai/Framboises ET Acai – UPC 7 09351 30196 4, Lot 112 331
- Eat Smart Single-Serve Salad Shake Ups – Sweet Kale/Chou Frisé Doux – UPC 7 09351 30243 5, Lot 112 331
The product from any of these lot numbers should be disposed of immediately.
The recalled salad bowls was shipped to retail stores and and distributors in Canada and the following U.S. states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington.
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacteria that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
The symptoms typically include high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Listeria infection can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
For more information, consumers with questions can contact Apio at 1- 800-626-2746, or visit its website at https://www.eatsmart.net.
Source: Apio, Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Five Skus of Eat Smart Single-Serve Salad Shake Ups™
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