Recalls / Class I
Class IF-0657-2016
Class I— FDA's most serious classification, issued when there is a reasonable probability that consumption of or exposure to the product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Product
Southwest Salad, 13 oz. bag, Dole brand. All marketed Dole and private label salads produced in the Springfield, OH facility. Product may be identified by an A in the upper right hand corner of the package.
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- All packaged salads with manufacturing code beginning with the letter A. Dole production code - 2976.
- Quantity
- All product produced in the facility
Why it was recalled
Dole is suspending operations and withdrawing all marketed Dole and private label salads produced at the Springfield OH facility. Products may be identified with a product code beginning with the letter A in the upper right hand corner of the package.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc
- Notification channel
- Press Release
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 2959 Salinas Hwy, N/A, Monterey, California 93940-6400
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- Nationwide and Canada
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2016-01-22
- FDA classified
- 2016-02-26
- Posted by FDA
- 2016-03-09
- Terminated
- 2016-03-23
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-0657-2016. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.