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FOOD SAFETY UPDATE: Growers Express Recalls Multiple Fresh Vegetables Due to Listeria
This update does not apply to any Markon First Crop, Ready-Set-Serve, or Markon Essentials products.
Growers Express of Salinas, CA is recalling multiple fresh vegetables due to Listeria monocytogenes. The products originated from a Growers Express production facility in Biddeford, Maine and were distributed to retail establishments in several states, please refer to the table in the attached press release. The recall was issued due to potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes however there are no reported illnesses associated with these products.
No Markon orders are affected by this recall, please be sure to check for any direct purchases that may be involved.
Attached for your review is the press release from Growers Express. Consumers with further questions may contact Megan McCarl at 231-670-5340.
Markon will continue to update members when more information becomes available.
Lianna Kelly
Food Safety Director
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