WHY THIS PRODUCT IS LISTED
Listeria
Heeren Brothers Produce is recalling Athena cantaloupes distributed to small independent grocers in Michigan July 23-26, after routine testing by FDA found product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, the elderly or others with weak immune systems. Healthy individuals may suffer short-term symptoms, such as
Product description & recall reason
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Identify the product
- Product description
- Cardboard BIN LABEL: 03808 LOT #: 09000101, MELON CANTALOUPE..., 80-90 CT , 07/22/13 cantaloupes themselves are not labeled.
- Brand
- Not supplied by this source
- Lot, batch, UPC & other codes
- Lot 09000101, 07/22/13 on cardboard bin (box)
- Quantity
- 5,400
Where it came from & where it went
- Recalling firm
- Heeren Bros Inc
- Recalling firm address
- 1045 Hall St SW; Grand Rapids; MI; 49503-4867; United States
- Product production / origin location
- Not supplied by this source
- Distribution — source wording
- small independent retail stores in Michigan
States identified in the source
Michigan
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