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URGENT DOLE LETTUCE RECALL INFORMATION: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a nationwide warning to consumers against eating certain pre-packaged Dole salad products because these products have been associated with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in Minnesota. The affected products include three brand names and are labeled with “best-if-used by” dates, as listed below, and a production code beginning with “B250.”
Illnesses have been associated with consumption of Dole salad products purchased from a single grocery store chain, Rainbow Foods, in its Minnesota locations. However, salad products containing the affected production codes are also distributed nationwide.
The three prepackaged salad products involved are:
- Classic Romaine – with a “best-if-used-by (BIUB)” date of September 23, 2005 and a production code beginning with “B250.”
- American Blend – with a “best-if-used-by (BIUB)” date of September 23, 2005 and a production code beginning with “B250.”
- Greener Selection – with a “best-if-used-by (BIUB)” date of September 22, 2005, and a production code beginning with “B250.”
“Given the severity of this illness, FDA believes an urgent warning to consumers is needed. FDA is working closely with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and our state partners to further identify the source of the problem and its scope,” said Dr. Robert Brackett, Director of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
To date there have been reports of eleven cases of illness attributed to E. coli O157 in Minnesota. Of these eleven cases, two individuals have been hospitalized. The latest reported illness was September 19, 2005.
One lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a suburban Minneapolis woman by our law firm, which is nationally recognized for their food borne illness litigation.
