E. Coli fear spark bagged salad recall
A package of Dole salad mix that tested positive for E. coli has triggered a recall in at least nine states, prompting new produce fears almost exactly a year after a nationwide spinach scare. The tainted bag of Dole's Hearts Delight salad mix was sold at a store in Canada, officials said. Neither Canadian health officials nor Dole Food Co. have received reports of anyone getting sick from the product. The voluntary recall, issued Monday Sep 17th, affects all packages of Hearts Delight sold in the United States and Canada with a "best if used by" date of September 19, 2007, and a production code of "A24924A" or "A24924B." The salad mix subject to the recall may have been available in the U.S. in states other than the nine already identified by Dole because in some areas a wholesaler distributed the product with clients in overlapping markets. The latest recall affects packages sold in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canad a and in Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee starting around Sept. 8. Eighty-eight cases or 528 bags were distributed in Canada, and 755 cases containing 4,530 bags were distributed in the U.S.
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