Listeria-prompted spinach recall expanded
Listeria-prompted spinach recall expanded
Earlier this week Wegmans announced a recall of approximately 12,540 packages of frozen spinach, supplied by Twin City Foods Inc., due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Since then the recall has expanded to other retailers, including Meijer and Target.
In addition to the Wegmans product, Twin Cities issued a recall of Meijer Organics Chopped Spinach, Cadia Organic Cut Spinach and Wild Harvest Organic Cut Leaf Spinach.
The recalled product was supplied to Twin City Foods by Coastal Green Vegetable Co. LLC of Oxnard, CA, which initiated a recall of bulk spinach on March 20 due to possible contamination with Listeria. Twin City Foods immediately notified all affected customers and initiated recalls of the retail packages that day.
Additionally, Superior Foods Inc. issued a recall of 8,475 cases of frozen organic chopped spinach distributed nationwide exclusively at Target stores.
La Terra Fina, Amy’s Kitchen and Carmel Food Group have also issued spinach-related recalls this week due to risk of Listeria contamination.
The FDA recall notices, which contain UPC numbers and product information, can be found http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm439940.htm, http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm439755.htm and http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm439761.htm.
No illnesses associated with these recalls have been reported to date.
