Amy's Kitchen Recalls 73,000 Products Containing Organic Spinach

Amy’s Kitchen is voluntarily recalling more than 73,000 cases of products containing organic spinach, including spinach pizza. (Photo via Creative Commons)

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If you’ve purchased any products containing spinach from Amy’s Kitchen Inc., you may want to check the lot and UPC codes.

The California-based company is voluntarily recalling approximately 73,897 cases of select products after learning one of its suppliers may have shipped organic spinach with the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes, 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.

The company said it’s not aware of any illness complaints, and is recalling the products out of an abundance of caution. A complete list of products recalled by Amy’s Kitchen is found here.

The recalled products were distributed to stores nationwide in the United States and in Canada.

The company urged consumers who purchased the recalled products to dispose them or return them to the store where they were purchased for an exchange or full refund. Consumers may also call the company at (707) 781-7535 between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. PDT, Monday-Friday.