Giant Eagle Lettuce Recall
The grocery food chain removed all 8-ounce packages of Giant Eagle Farmer’s Market shredded iceberg lettuce produced by River Ranch Fresh Foods LLC of Salinas, Calif., with a use-by-date of Oct. 14, 2011. The Food and Drug Administration informed the grocery chain of the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in a routine sample test of the product.
The packaged product has a UPC code 3003430195.
No cases of customer illness due to the consumption of the shredded lettuce have been reported, according to a Giant Eagle media statement.
The shredded lettuce was also used in a small number of prepared deli-ring sandwiches.
The affected deli-ring sandwiches include: Giant Eagle large Italian sandwich ring UPC code 23755100000; G.E. mini-Italian sandwich ring UPC code 24755500000; G.E. large New York sandwich ring UPC code 22755100000; G.E. mini-New York sandwich ring UPC code 25755500000; G.E. Large All American sandwich ring UPC code 21755100000; and G.E. mini-All American sandwich ring UPC code 26755500000.
Customers are asked to dispose of the product or return it to the store for a refund.
The grocery store chain has removed the product from its store shelves and implemented a register sale block. Company officials will also call Giant Eagle Advantage Card holders who have purchased the products. Customers with questions may call (800) 474-4777.
Listeria, a serious bacterial infection, is usually caused by eating food contaminated with listeria monocytogenes. The disease primarily affects older adults, pregnant women, newborns and adults with weakened immune systems, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As of Wednesday, the CDC had linked a multi-state outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe to 23 deaths. Since July 31, 2011, it has sickened 116 people, including those who have died, in 25 states.
Deaths have been reported in Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming.
The CDC had no reports of sickness from contaminated cantaloupe in Pennsylvania.
Source: timesonline
