Natural carrots and celery offered at Entire Meals Market in 5 states are being recalled amid a lethal E. coli outbreak that has stricken 39 folks in 18 states.
The recall, posted Thursday by the Meals and Drug Administration, entails 15-ounce containers of Entire Meals Market-branded natural carrot sticks and natural carrots & celery sticks offered at Entire Meals Market shops in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho and Nevada, based on the announcement by Sacramento, California-based F&S Contemporary Meals.
F&S initiated the recall after being notified by an area provider, Grimmway Farms, of potential contamination with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. The discover comes solely days after a nationwide recall of a number of manufacturers of entire and child natural carrots.
U.S. Meals and Drug Administration
Federal officers are investigating the E. coli outbreak, which has killed one individual and led to no less than 15 folks being hospitalized.
The F&S recall entails carrots and celery offered in plastic clamshells with the letters “GH” adopted by three digits starting from 236 to 284, and best-if-sold-by dates starting from Sept. 1, 2024, to Oct. 19, 2024. Whereas not offered in shops, the produce should still reside in folks’s fridges or freezers.
The E. coli micro organism could cause severe, typically deadly infections within the younger, aged and people with weakened immune programs.
