Packaged salads produced by Dole

• Sold under multiple brands:
  • Ahold
  • Dole
  • HEB
  • Kroger
  • Lidl
  • Little Salad Bar
  • Marketside
  • Naturally Better
  • Nature’s Promise
  • President’s Choice
  • Simply Nature
• Products include mixed greens, garden salads, Caesar kits, and many other types of salads in bags or clamshells
• “Best if used by” dates from 11/30/21 through 01/09/22
• Product lot code begins with the letter “B,” “N,” “W,” or “Y” in the upper right-hand corner of the package
• See Dole’s recall notices (12/22/2021external icon and 01/07/2022external icon) for the full list of recalled salads

Investigators found the outbreak strain of Listeria in packaged salads produced by Dole.

DAS is also investigating another Listeria outbreak linked to packaged salads produced by Fresh Express. See the Fresh Express recall noticeexternal icon.

Do not eat any recalled packaged salads.

• Throw them away or return them to where you bought them.
• Follow these five steps to clean your refrigerator, items, and surfaces that may have touched the recalled products. Listeria can survive in the refrigerator and can easily spread to other foods and surfaces.

Call your healthcare provider right away if you have these symptoms after eating packaged salads.

• Pregnant people usually experience only fever, fatigue, and muscle aches. However, Listeria can cause pregnancy loss or premature birth. It can also cause serious illness or death in newborns.
• People who are not pregnant may experience headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions, in addition to fever and muscle aches.

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• Share the latest outbreak information with your friends and family who are at higher risk of getting sick from Listeria (aged 65 and older, are pregnant, or have a weakened immune system).

• Do not sell or serve recalled packaged salads.
• Follow FDA’s safe handling and cleaning adviceexternal icon if you sold or served recalled packaged salads.

• Listeria can cause severe illness (known as invasive listeriosis) when the bacteria spread beyond the gut to other parts of the body.
  • Adults 65 years and older, pregnant people, and people with weakened immune systems are at higher risk for severe illness.
• Symptoms of severe illness usually start 1 to 4 weeks after eating contaminated food. However, symptoms can start as late as 10 weeks after.
  • Pregnant people usually experience only fever, fatigue, and muscle aches. However, Listeria can cause pregnancy loss or premature birth. It can also cause serious illness or death in newborns.
  • People who are not pregnant may experience headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions, in addition to fever and muscle aches.
• Listeria can also cause common food poisoning symptoms, like diarrhea and fever. People who experience these symptoms usually recover without treatment.
• For more information about Listeria, see the Listeria Questions and Answers page.