Green beans, butternut squash sold at Walmart recalled over Listeria concerns
Product images courtesy: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
MIAMI, Fla. (FOX 13) - A Florida company has issued a voluntary recall of Marketside brand green beans and butternut squash because of a possible Listeria contamination, which are sold at Walmart locations.
Southern Specialties Inc. of Pompano Beach, Florida, announced the recall Monday, warning that the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Even healthy adults can suffer symptoms like high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
No food has actually tested positive for listeria, but a taple top at the facility did. The company is recalling the following Marketside products:
Bagged Green Beans, 32oz. (2 LB) 907g
UPC: 681131457385
Best if Used By: 3/9/2019
Lot Codes: 83931-123 or 83939-124
Bagged Green Beans, 12 oz. (340g)
UPC: 681131328869
Best if Used By: 3/8/2019
Lot Codes: 83928-628 or 83932-123
Bagged Butternut Squash, 16oz. (1 LB) 454g
UPC: 681131122351
Best if Used By: 3/6/2019
Lot Codes: 83940-319 or 83940-139
The company says it shipped the recalled product to one retail distribution center. Most of the product was retrieved, but some product shipped earlier this month might have reached stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.
Additional information for the recall can be found on the Southern Specialities, Inc. website or on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website.