New Zealand – Spring Life brand Mung Bean Sprouts and Pams brand Sweet Mango Mesclun With Dressing – Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on August 12, 2021 by | Leave a comment

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Updated on 12 August 2021: This recall has been updated to include additional stores who sell the affected Spring Life brand Mung Bean Sprouts product.

10 August 2021: Living Foods Ltd is recalling specific batches of its Spring Life brand Mung Bean Sprouts and Pams brand Sweet Mango Mesclun With Dressing as the products may contain Listeria monocytogenes.

Spring Life brand Mung Bean Sprouts (200g)
Pams brand Sweet Mango Mesclun With Dressing (295g)

Product identification
Product type Fruit and vegetables
Name of product (size) Spring Life brand Mung Bean Sprouts (200g)

Pams brand Sweet Mango Mesclun With Dressing (295g)
Date marking Spring Life brand Mung Bean Sprouts with best before dates up to and including 16AUG21.

Pams brand Sweet Mango Mesclun With Dressing with best before dates up to and including 17/08/21.
Package size and description Spring Life brand Mung Bean Sprouts are sold in plastic packages of 200g.

Pams brand Sweet Mango Mesclun With Dressing is sold in a plastic container of 295g.
Distribution Spring Life brand Mung Bean Sprouts is sold in Countdown, Four Square, FreshChoice, Pak’n Save, New World and SuperValue stores in the North Island and the following North Island stores:

Northland
Bells Produce, 77 North Road, Kaitaia
Bells Produce, 132 Commerce Street, Kaitaia

Auckland
Bridge Fruit n’ Veg, 24 Coronation Road, Mangere
Fig & Plum, 109 Vincent Street Howick, Auckland
Fresh & More, 109 Parrs Cross Road, Glen Eden, Auckland
Howick village grocer, 33 Picton Street, Howick, Auckland
Kumeu Produce Market, 407 State Highway 16, Auckland
Lim Gardens & Orchard, 118 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland
Simply Fresh, 23 Ocean View Road, Northcote, Auckland
St Heliers Fruit Delicatessen, 17 Saint Heliers Bay Road, St Heliers, Auckland

Bay of Plenty
Fenton Quality Produce Ltd, 252 Fenton Street, Victoria, Rotorua
Fresh Market, 30 Lovelock Street, Whakatane
Fruit Monster, 110D Lake Road, Rotorua
Fruit Monster, 6/500 Te Ngae Road, Rotorua
Vege Star, 139 Chadwick Road, Greerton, Tauranga

Hawkes Bay
Onekawa Fruit Mart Ltd, Maadi Road, Onekawa, Napier

Waikato
Chartwell Fresh, 16A Rossiter Place, Chartwell, Hamilton
Green World Fruit and Vege, 23 Braid Road, St Andrews, Hamilton
Green World Fruit and Vege, 67 Cameron Road, Hamilton East, Hamilton
Hillcrest Fresh, Unit 6/247 Clyde Street, Hamilton East, Hamilton
Magic Fresh, 22 Tuhikaramea Road, Dinsdale, Hamilton
Vege Fresh, 35 Victoria Street, Leamington, Cambridge
Vege King, 985 Heaphy Terrace, Fairfield, Hamilton

Wellington
Moore Wilson’s Wellington, Corner of Tory Street and, College Street, Te Aro, Wellington

The product is sold as a component of meal boxes online at Woop and at The Kai Box throughout New Zealand.

Pams brand Sweet Mango Mesclun With Dressing is sold in Four Square, Pak’n Save and New World stores throughout New Zealand.

The product Spring Life brand Mung Bean Sprouts has been exported to French Polynesia.
Notes This recall does not affect any other batches Spring Life brand or Pams brand products.

Consumer advice

Customers are asked to please follow advice as provided by Woop and The Kai Box if purchased from these businesses.

Affected products should not be consumed. There have been no reports of illness, however, if you have consumed any of these products and have any concerns about your health, seek medical advice.

Customers should return the products to their retailer.

Listeria infection: symptoms and advice

Who to contact

If you have questions, contact Living Foods Ltd:

  • Phone: ​09 2571083
  • Address: ​107 Kirkbride Road, Mangere, Auckland
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