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Firm Announcement

What you Must Know About our Voluntary Recall of Salads Processed on the Springfield, Ohio Facility

A further client response phone quantity has been added to help you in answering your questions. 844-483-3865.

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(January 27, 2016) – Dole Contemporary Greens, Inc., has quickly suspended operations at our Springfield, Ohio manufacturing facility, and we’re voluntarily recalling all Dole-branded and personal label packaged salads processed at that location.

We apologize for any concern or inconvenience this short-term suspension has induced our retail clients and customers. Whereas different Dole merchandise should not affected by the recall, we wish to hold you up to date with the newest details about the merchandise which were taken off the market.

Our voluntary product recall is a results of a suspected hyperlink of the merchandise to a listeria outbreak, however the precise supply remains to be unknown. We’re working intently with regulatory companies as our Springfield plant undergoes further investigation and testing.

Voluntary recall is a selected time period utilized by the Meals and Drug Administration (FDA). Whereas our actions underneath a voluntary recall as in comparison with the beforehand reported voluntary withdrawal stay the identical, we have now up to date our communication terminology to reference a “recall.” We’ve accomplished this with the purpose of utilizing terminology that could be extra acquainted to customers.

Transparency and security stay our high considerations and we’ll present updates as further data is obtainable. For extra details about listeria, please go to: www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/.

What you could know:

The kind of salad blends produced on the Springfield, Ohio, plant had been packaged in baggage and clamshell containers and embody:

• American salads
• arugula salads
• Asian salads
• bacon and bleu cheese salads
• BBQ Ranch salads
• Caesar salads
• chipotle and cheddar salads
• coleslaw
• area inexperienced salads
• backyard salads
• iceberg salads
• Italian mix salads
• kale salads
• lettuce salads
• Mediterranean salads
• romaine salads
• sesame ginger salads
• Southwest salads
• spinach salads
• spring combine salads
• spinach salads
• sunflower salads
• vegetable mix salads

In case you have any considerations, please attain out to the Dole Meals Firm Shopper Response Heart at 844-483-3865. Momentary prolonged hours are 8:00am-8:00pm EST, Monday – Friday.

Media inquiries must be directed to William Goldfield at 818-874-4647.

Please proceed to take pleasure in all of our merchandise which stay on the market at your favourite shops. We thanks on your continued belief and confidence in our merchandise.

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