Fresh Express Announces Recall of Fresh Salad Products Due to Potential Health Risk

Fresh Express Announces Recall of Fresh Salad Products Due to Potential Health Risk

December 20, 2021, Orlando, FL – Fresh Express is recalling certain varieties of its branded and private label salad products produced at the company’s Streamwood, Illinois facility because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This organism 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. Consumers with these symptoms should consult their health care provider.

Recalled salad items were distributed through retailers in the Northeast and Midwest regions of the United States, as well as distributors and retailers in Canada. U.S. distribution includes the states of CT, IA, IL, IN ,KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, WI. Canadian distribution includes the provinces of Ontario and Manitoba.

The full list of recalled products is found at the end of this announcement. The recall includes all Use-By Dates of fresh salad items with product codes Z324 through Z350. Product codes are located on the front of the packages below the Use-By Date, as shown above. No other Fresh Express products are subject to recall.

The recall was necessitated when the Michigan Department of Agriculture received a positive result for Listeria monocytogenes in a random sample test of a single package of Fresh Express 9 oz. Sweet Hearts salad mix with Use-By Date of December 8, 2021, manufactured at the Fresh Express Streamwood facility. The U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported ten illnesses associated with the strain of Listeria monocytogenes detected in the random sample beginning in 2016 to the present.

Fresh Express immediately halted all production at the Streamwood facility and initiated a complete sanitation review. Fresh Express has already been in contact with retailers who received the recalled items, instructing them to remove them from store shelves and stop any further shipments to stores from distribution centers and other inventories.

In the event consumers have the recalled products in their refrigerators, they should be discarded and not consumed. To obtain a refund or for more information, consumers may call the Fresh Express Consumer Response Center at (800) 242-5472 between the hours of 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Time. Refunds are also available where purchased.

ProductProduct CodeUPC Code
Bowl & Basket Baby Spinach 16ozZ324 through Z350041190066360
Bowl & Basket Spring Mix 16ozZ324 through Z350041190066469
Fresh Express 50/50 Mix 10ozZ324 through Z350071279275062
Fresh Express 50/50 Mix 5ozZ324 through Z350071279271033
Fresh Express 5-Lettuce Mix 6ozZ324 through Z350071279251011
Fresh Express American 11 ozZ324 through Z350071279241005
Fresh Express America’s Fresh 3 Color Deli Cole Slaw 14 ozZ324 through Z350071279123004
Fresh Express America’s Fresh 3 Color Deli Cole Slaw 24 ozZ324 through Z350071279127019
Fresh Express America’s Fresh Old Fashioned Cole Slaw 14ozZ324 through Z350071279123011
Fresh Express Baby Kale Mix 5 ozZ324 through Z350071279271224
Fresh Express Baby Spinach 10 ozZ324 through Z350071279275048
Fresh Express Baby Spinach 20 ozZ324 through Z350071279271262
Fresh Express Baby Spinach 5 ozZ324 through Z350071279271002
Fresh Express Caesar Chopped Kit 9.4 ozZ324 through Z350071279309194
Fresh Express Chopped Kit Asian 12.3 ozZ324 through Z350071279302027
Fresh Express Chopped Kit Avocado Ranch 12.8 ozZ324 through Z350071279309439
Fresh Express Chopped Kit Bacon Thousand Island 9.4 ozZ324 through Z350071279302096
Fresh Express Chopped Kit Bacon&Bleu 10.8 ozZ324 through Z350071279306063
Fresh Express Chopped Kit Chipotle Cheddar 11.4 ozZ324 through Z350071279306049
Fresh Express Chopped Kit Pomegranate 10.3oz

SOURCE: FDA