Widespread Veggie Recall Impacts Grocers, Consumers: California

SALINAS, CA — More than 140 vegetable products sold at California and other supermarkets across the U.S. and Canada have been recalled over potential listeria contamination. Salinas-based Mann Packing Co., Inc. announced the voluntary recall Sunday.

The Mann Packing recall is a response to notification by the Food and Drug Administration and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency of a potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, the company said. To date, public health officials have not reported any illness associated with these products.

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that 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 only 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.

Mann Packing said it is working closely with officials to investigate the issue.

In addition to Mann's own label, many of the recalled veggie products are being sold under others, including Walmart's Marketside, Kroger, Hungryroot, Albertsons Signature Farms and O Organics brands, Trader Joe's, Del Monte and H-E-B.

Click here for a full list of affected products. The recalled products have “Best If Used By” date of October 11, 2019 to November 16, 2019.

Consumers who have products affected by this recall should dispose of them in an appropriate waste container, Mann officials said.

For any inquiries or comments, call Mann's 24-hour customer service line at (844) 927-0707, or email the company at consumers@mannpacking.com