Dole Fresh Vegetables is voluntarily recalling 1,039 cases of bagged salad. The product being recalled is 10 oz. Dole Italian Blend coded 0049N2202008, with a Use-By date of August 20 and UPC 7143000819 due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes. Dole Fresh Vegetables is coordinating closely with regulatory officials. No illnesses have been reported in association with the recall.
For those of you who read this Blog regularly on both sides of the Atlantic it would be interesting to get your views on the US policy of zero tolerance on Listeria monocytogenes and the Europe numerical limit. The US zero tolerance causes far more recalls as we can, see but does it make food safer?
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