A Food Safety Recall Alert Has Been Issued:
Pacific Coast Fruit Company, Portland, Oregon is voluntarily recalling multiple types of bagged processed salads based on the potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which 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.
For more information on the food safety recall, read the Department of Human Health and Services Recall Alert: Pacific Coast Fruit Company Recalls Single Side Serving Processed Salads for Potential Listeria monocytogenes Contamination.
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