Consumers warned to discard certain bags of Marketside broccoli florets

Braga Fresh advises consumers that Listeria may be present in one batch of 12-ounce bags of Marketside broccoli florets.

In a Precautionary advice The potentially contaminated batch of washed, ready-to-eat broccoli bags are “past their best if by date and no longer in stores,” the FDA said Tuesday, but consumers may have frozen them. Item for later use.

“Consumers who have this product in their refrigerators should not consume the product and dispose of it,” Braga Fresh advised.

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the Bags of broccoli According to the company, the lot code is “BFFG327A6” on the front and UPC code “6 81131 32884 5” on the back. Their best date was December 10th.

Sales of broccoli florets took place at Walmart stores in 20 states, Braga said. (Food and Drug Administration)

Sales of bags potentially contaminated with Listeria occurred at “select” Walmart stores.

The advisory published by the US Food and Drug Administration said the bacteria “can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems” and miscarriage and stillbirth in pregnant women.

Fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea are common symptoms that healthy people can notice if they have a listeria infection.

However, Braga Fresh said broccoli has not made anyone sick so far.

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The company said that the risk of contamination “was discovered during random sampling previously.” Texas Health and Human Services From a store location in Texas where one of multiple samples tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.

the Walmart locations The areas receiving potentially affected product are located in Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

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Retailer Post existing From the stores specified on its website.

An employee collects shopping carts at Walmart in Burbank, California, on July 22, 2020. (Robin Beck/AFP via Getty Images)

Braga Fresh said its advice “does not apply to any other products made by Marketside or Braga Fresh.”

The company has been around for decades. It produces a variety of vegetables and salad sets, according to its website.