One person has died and several others sickened from a listeria outbreak linked to a popular brand of packaged salads.
The salads were made at a Dole processing facility in Springfield, Ohio, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The salads are sold under a number of different brand names including:
-Dole
-Fresh Selections
-Simple Truth
-Marketside
-The Little Salad Bar
-President’s Choice
Illnesses were reported in six states including Pennsylvania.
The manufacturing code on the package starts with the letter “A,” as seen at left. The CDC says customers should not eat those products. Dole stopped all production at the Ohio facility on Thursday, the CDC said.
Symptoms of listeria include fever and muscle aches, sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms. The CDC says it can be especially serious in pregnant women, raising the risk of miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery, or life-threatening infection of the newborn. Adults 65 and older, and people with weakened immune systems, are also especially vulnerable.
Photo Credit: Dole
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