The packaged vegetables were produced at a factory in Biddeford, Maine, and were distributed to grocery stores across the United States, primarily in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Maine. The FDA issued a
list of the stores and states affected.
Most of the potentially contaminated products have “Best if Used By” dates between June 26 and 29, 2019. No Green Giant frozen or canned vegetables are recalled.
“Listeria is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems,” said the FDA.
Other short term symptoms include high fever, severe headaches, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, according to the FDA. Listeria infections can cause pregnant women to have miscarriages and stillbirths.
If you think your veggies might be recalled, or if you can’t read the date on your packaged veggies, the FDA urges you to not consume them and to throw away the packages…….
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