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Sam’s Club stores across the United States are recalling freeze-dried fruit products possibly contaminated with listeria
Doehler Dry Ingredient Solutions, LLC issued a recall for Member’s Mark Freeze Dried Fruit Variety Pack 15-count boxes
There have been no reports of illnesses as of July 30
Sam’s Club stores across the United States are recalling freeze-dried fruit products possibly contaminated with listeria.
Doehler Dry Ingredient Solutions, LLC issued a recall for Member’s Mark Freeze Dried Fruit Variety Pack 15-count boxes on July 30 due to a possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The company discovered the possible contamination during internal testing, the agency said.
There have been no reports of illnesses as of July 30.
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Member’s Mark Freeze Dried Fruit Variety Pack 15-count boxes
The freeze-dried fruit products, packaged in foil pouches inside a box, were distributed between July 1 and July 25 and contain the UPC 1 93968 50900 2. The use-by dates on the products range from June 24, 2027 to July 25, 2027.
The variety pack includes freeze-fried strawberries, freeze-dried bananas and freeze-dried apples.
The lot number and expiration date can be found on the bottom of the case, per the FDA.
The product was distributed in locations in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Wyoming.
The FDA stated that listeria “can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.”
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Sam’s Club store in Arizona
Those who have the product should go to Sam’s Club for a refund.
Common symptoms of listeria in the gut, per Mayo Clinic, include diarrhea, upset stomach and vomiting. The symptoms typically start within a day of eating the contaminated food and pass in a few days.
In more serious cases, the infection can spread into the brain and spinal cord and cause fever and chill, flu-like symptoms, headache, confusion and more.
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On July 23, Albertsons, Randalls, Jewel Osco and Tom Thumb stores in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas recalled tuna salad products due to a possible contamination with listeria.
The tuna salad, supplied by Reser’s Fine Foods, contained breadcrumbs that are potentially contaminated with listeria, according to the FDA. The recalled items included tuna salad croissant sandwiches, ready-to-eat tuna salad meals with crackers or lettuce and cartons of tuna salad.
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