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Massachussetts Listeria recall(s): salad mixes, mac and (no) cheese, and french bread pizza

By Drew Falkenstein

 Two recalls have issued over the last several days of products potentially contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes.  Ian's Natural Foods, a Massachussetts company, is voluntarily recalling the following two frozen food products with the specific use-by dates and UPC codes listed.  The products are sold at retail groceries:

• 8-ounce boxes of Ian's Wheat Free, Gluten Free Mac and No Cheese with a use-by date of 26Aug2011 and UPC code 7-49512-43670-8 (372 packages impacted)
• 8-ounce boxes of Ian's Wheat Free, Gluten Free French Bread Pizza with a use-by date of 28Aug2011 and UPC code 7-49512-91572-2 (120 packages impacted) 

A total of 492 individual boxes are subject to Ian's recall.

State Garden, Inc., another Massachussetts company, is also recalling product due to potential Listeria contamination.  State Garden is recalling all salad products produced in its plant on January 4, 2011, which correspond to trace back codes 45693 and 45703.  According to State Garden's recall notice, no illnesses have been linked to the recalled products.  

Salad Products and Blends under this recall were distributed to retail stores on the East Coast under various sizes and packaged under the brand names: Gold Quality, Hannaford, Natures Place, Natures Promise, Roche Bros, Northeast Fresh, Noreast Fresh, Olivia's Organics, Signature, Wegmans. See attached list for the specific salad product, size, package type and UPC codes.  For a complete list of all recalled products, view State Garden's recall notice. 

Full post as published by Food Poison Blog on January 27, 2011 (boomark / email).