Apio, Inc. Expands the Recall of Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups

(Guadalupe, CA) The popular and convenient single serve salad bowls, Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups, is facing some difficult times.  Recently, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (C.F.I.A.) informed the manufacturer of positive tests.  The manufacturer is the California, U.S.A. based Apio, Inc.  As a result; the aforementioned food manufacturer has expanded the voluntary recall of the popular and convenient, ready to eat, salad line.  The recall is also an effort to spare people from a Listeriosis infection.  The latter, is due to the fact that, Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups tested positive for the bacteria, Listeria monocytogenes.

            The positive tests results, of Listeria monocytogenes, were the second from a random sample.  As previously said, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (C.F.I.A.) conducted the tests and informed Apio, Inc.  The most recent positive test; was for the Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups Sweet Kale-Chou Frisé Doux/156 gr. Single Serve Bowls (5.5 oz).  The latter, has the best before date, December 29, 2018.  Additionally, the lot number is 112346.  Listeria monocytogenes is a species of pathogenic bacteria.  Furthermore, it is a facultative anaerobic bacterium, which is capable of surviving in an environment that doesn’t have oxygen.  For young children, the Listeriosis infection can cause serious and sometimes fatal, infections.  The same goes for the elderly, or, people with weakened immune systems.  Normal infections, of the aforementioned, include the following symptoms.  A high fever, a severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea are examples of the previously noted.  Unfortunately, for pregnant women a Listeriosis infection is known to cause miscarriages and stillbirths.  Finally, the Listeriosis infection is very common in manufactured food.

            The expanded voluntary recall, is considered to be, a precautionary measure.  Furthermore; it includes all of the food products that were manufactured on the same day, the same product line and the line that tested positive according to the random tests that were conducted by the C.F.I.A.  The complete list, of the recalled food products is below.    

 

Product Name	UPC Code	Best Before Date	Lot Code
Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups single-serve bowl – Asian Sesame/Sésame Asiatique	UPC  7 09351 30244 2	Best Before Date of  Dec 29, 2018	Lot 112 346
Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups single-serve bowl – Sweet Kale/Chou Frisé Doux	UPC  7 09351 30243 5	Best Before Date of  Dec 29, 2018	Lot 112 346
Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups single-serve bowl – Tropical Lime/Lime Tropicale	UPC  7 09351 30197 1	Best Before Date of Dec 29, 2018	Lot 112 346
Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups single-serve bowl – Asian Sesame	UPC  7 09351 30241 1	Best Before Date of Dec 29, 2018	Lot 112 346
Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups single-serve bowl – Avocado Ranch	UPC  7 09351 30177 3	Best Before Date of Dec 29, 2018	Lot 112 346
Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups single-serve bowl – Raspberry Acai	UPC  7 09351 30178 0	Best Before Date of Dec 29, 2018	Lot 112 346
Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups single-serve bowl – Sweet Kale	UPC  7 09351 30240 4	Best Before Date of Dec 29, 2018	Lot 112 346
Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups single-serve bowl – Tropical Lime	UPC  7 09351 30179 7	Best Before Date of  Dec 29, 2018	Lot 112 346
For more information about Apio and its products, please visit EatSmart.net.   Consumers: 1-800-626-2746, M-F, 9:00am – 5:00pm Pacific Time Media: Leigh Lehman, (310) 967-3409, llehman@talktocurrent.com

 

            To end; the previously noted food products were sold to retail, and, distributor customers.  The previously said; is for the United States of America, and, the Country of Canada.  For the U.S.A., the following states received the recalled food products.  Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Texas are the states that were listed by Apio, Inc.  For Canada the following provinces received the recalled food products; Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan.  As previously stated; the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (C.F.I.A.) informed the food manufacturer, Apio, Inc., of positive tests.  As a result, the aforementioned manufacturer of food products has expanded the voluntary recall of the popular and convenient, ready to eat, salad line.  The salad line is the Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups.  Lastly, the positive tests are for the bacteria, Listeria monocytogenes, which causes the Listeriosis infection.

 

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12/29/2018