Listeria Recall: Select Store Brand Vegetables at Wal-Mart and Other Grocers

Country Fresh is recalling 30,000 cases of fresh-cut vegetable products shipped to retailers like Walmart and Winn Dixie, mostly under store brands, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria.

The product in question was shipped to retailers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia under the Country Fresh and store brand labels described in the product listing.

"We are treating this incident very seriously because we want to ensure that our customers are provided with only the safest, most wholesome, and high-quality products available," Max Payen, Country Fresh’s Director of Food Safety, said of the voluntary recall.

For a full list of the recalled products, click here.

In addition to Walmart and Winn Dixie, products that are being recalled were shipped to certain locations of BI-LO, Harris Teeter, QuikTrip, Publix, The Spinx Company and Fresh Point.

The potential for contamination was uncovered by a single routine sample taken at a retail store by the Georgia Department of Agriculture, which revealed the finished product tested positive for the bacteria.

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. Healthy people often suffer only short-term symptoms like fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

It may cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

So far, no illnesses due to the products have been confirmed by health authorities.

The product in question bears “BEST IF USED BY” dates between August 7, 2016 (8/7/16) through August 19, 2016 (8/19/16). It is in either a clear plastic container or in Styrofoam trays wrapped with clear plastic film.

In a news release, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it, and Country Fresh, are investigating what caused the problem.

Customers who purchased any of these products are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.

Consumers with questions may contact the company at 281-453-3305, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. CDT.