SAN FRANCISCO A case of Dole salad mix that tested positive for E coli has triggered a denote in at least nine states prompting new create fears almost exactly a year after a nationwide spinach excite.
The tainted bag of Dole's Hearts gratify salad mix was sold at a store in Canada officials said. Neither Canadian health officials nor Dole Food Co have received reports of anyone getting sick from the product.
The voluntary denote issued Monday affects all packages of Hearts Delight sold in the United States and Canada with a "best if used by" date of Sept. 19 and a production code of "A24924A" or "A24924B," the company said.
Last year an E coli outbreak traced to bagged baby spinach sold under the Dole brand was blamed for the deaths of three people and for sickening hundreds more across the U. S. Authorities eventually identified a central California cattle farm next to spinach fields belonging to one of Dole's suppliers as being the source of the bacteria.
A recent Associated touch investigation found that government regulators never acted on calls for stepped-up inspections of leafy greens after that outbreak and regulations governing farms in the fertile central California region known as the nation's "Salad Bowl" be much as they were.
The latest recall affects packages sold in Ontario. Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada and in Illinois. Indiana. Maine. Michigan. Mississippi. New York. Ohio. Pennsylvania and Tennessee starting around Sept. 8 said Marty Ordman a Dole spokesman.
Eighty-eight cases or 528 bags were distributed in Canada and 755 cases containing 4,530 bags were distributed in the U. S. he said. FDA spokesman Michael Herndon said the agency was talking with Westlake Village. Calif.-based Dole about the situation.
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