For the third time since May, Fresh Express, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chiquita Brands International, is voluntarily recalling certain salad products – this time due to possible Listeria contamination.
Fresh Express says in a statement, that the company is “voluntarily recalling 2,825 cases of Veggie Lovers Salad with a Product Code of I208 and Use-by date of August 10, 2010 out of an abundance of caution,” even though nobody has reportedly gotten sick so far. Each case holds 12 bags, so approximately 34,000 bags are being recalled. Fresh Express spokesman Ed Loyd tells CNN “that’s about 30,000 bags out of 720 million bags we produce in a year.”
The lettuce may be found in as many as 26 states. According to the company statement, these bags of lettuce were shipped to 13 states (MO, MI, OH, IL, WI, IN, MD, MA, NY, KS, KY, PA, NJ) and possibly redestributed to 14 states (AR, TN, WV, IA, MN, VA, VT, NH, NE, RI, PA, CT, MS, ME).
Loyd tells CNN that Fresh Express was notified about the possible contamination Tuesday morning and sent out a release by the end of the day. He says since it’s past the products’ expiration date, these bags of lettuce should no longer be available for sale. However, consumers could still have some of this lettuce in their refrigerators, and if they do, they should throw it out.
Last month Fresh Express had to recall some romaine lettuce due to possible E. coli contamination and in May, the company recalled certain packages of salad due to possible salmonella contamination.
(Source: CNN)
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It so happens that the product is readily available in our Flatbush and Boro Park neighborhoods, but they should get a better Hasgocha. The products that have a great Hasgocha is P’ostiv and Bodek, to name just a few. Maybe if “Fresh Express” upgrades their kosher certification things would lokk better for them in the future.
Bond. maybe you want to pay double the price, like the jewish brands, if they upgrade their hashgacha. I know… I know bodek brand is washed and has no bugs. I eat Fresh express.
http://www.star-k.org/loc/kosher_letter_7001_freshexpressincchiquita.pdf
Is something wrong with the Star K?
1,
If the Star-K says its good, who do you think you are to question it?!!?!!?!!
If you think the trash you buy from the other brands is any better, you are the type of consumer they want. Personally, if I wanted shredded green leaf vegetables I could do it myself and NOT use those brands you mentioned.
I realize you think BP and Flatbush are the only places on a map but there is more to this country or this world than your smelly part of Brooklyn that is full of rats and trash!
One last question for you: Are you on the payroll of P’ostiv and Bodek?? Sounds like you are.
Number 2. If you eat FreshExpress salads when the Star-K is on the package they are also certifying that the contentsmay be eaten with no worries about bugs. Which is what makes the comment by number 1, so ignorant, and stupid. I have a feeling that number 1 is unaware of the Star-K and the comment was a reference to “the sticker”. Which still does not make the comment any better, it just redirects the critical comment.