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Contrary1

(12,629 posts)
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 12:28 PM Jun 2012

Listeria prompts recall of 1,000 cases of Dole bagged salads

"Dole Fresh Vegetables has recalled 1,077 cases of bagged salads sold at Kroger and Wal-Mart stores in six states because of concerns about potential listeria contamination.

No illnesses have been reported in association with the recall. The products carry a best-use date of June 19, 2012, and should have already been removed from retailers' shelves, but consumers should make sure they don't have the products at home.

The products being recalled are Kroger Fresh Selections Greener Supreme coded N158 211B 1613 KR04 and UPC 11110 91039; Kroger Fresh Selections Leafy Romaine coded N158 111B KR11 and UPC 11110 91046 and Wal-Mart Marketside Leafy Romaine coded N158111B and UPC code 81131 02781.

The product code and use-by date are in the upper right-hand corner of the package; the UPC code is on the back of the package, below the bar code. The salads were distributed in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia..."

More: http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/25/12399144-listeria-prompts-recall-of-1000-cases-of-dole-bagged-salads?lite

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Listeria prompts recall of 1,000 cases of Dole bagged salads (Original Post) Contrary1 Jun 2012 OP
You don't think you get just chopped lettuce for 3x the price by the head do you? Viva_La_Revolution Jun 2012 #1
They are pretty handy and the price jbnow Jun 2012 #3
the number of cases with 'bagged and washed' seems to be much much higher Viva_La_Revolution Jun 2012 #4
Eeeek! HappyMe Jun 2012 #2

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)
1. You don't think you get just chopped lettuce for 3x the price by the head do you?
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 05:15 PM
Jun 2012

they've got to throw in some free diseases to get people to pay that much

jbnow

(3,660 posts)
3. They are pretty handy and the price
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 07:29 PM
Jun 2012

is not bad on sale, especially if you consider hassle and waste of buying, storing and preparing separate ingredients. It is several days of salad for a single person

Listeria is not a listed ingredient though
Besides growing your own veggies in your organic garden (or a trusted farmer's market in season) how do we know? Remember the organic spinach that sickened so many?
Or the cantaloupe?
Alfalfa sprouts?

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)
4. the number of cases with 'bagged and washed' seems to be much much higher
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 08:21 PM
Jun 2012

not to mention you get more 'white' iceberg lettuce than greens in most that I've had to use. sometimes with edges already brown.
I'll trade 10 minutes for better quality anytime.

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