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An Avocado Recall Has Been Issued After Possible Listeria Contamination

Before you do your weekly groccery run, take note: A voluntary avocado recall has been issued due to concerns over potential listeria contamination.

Henry Avocado Corporation issued a voluntary recall of whole avocados over the weekend after a routine government inspection tested positive for listeria bacteria at one of their packing facilities. It’s bad news for avocado lovers, but before you freak out, there’s no evidence of a listeria outbreak yet—so far, no cases have been reported, according to the company.

Still, it pays to be cautious. The avocado recall so far includes avocados (both organic and regular) that have been shipped to six states: Arizona, California, Florida, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. (Avocados from Mexico that were packed by Henry Avocado are reportedly okay to eat, according to CNN.)

Listeria monocytogenes can be a dangerous bacteria—especially for pregnant women. Like most of the bacteria that causes food poisoning, listeria typically causes fever and diarrhea but for pregnant women, a listeria infection can manifest more like the flu, with muscle aches and fatigue occurring on top of the fever and digestive distress, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An infection during pregnancy can have really serious consequences: miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery, or possibly a serious infection for newborns.

Luckily, cases of listeriosis aren’t super common. The CDC reports an estimated 1,600 cases each year, resulting in 260 annual deaths.

So, what should you do? CNN reports that Henry Avocado is contacting retailers directly to make sure the at-risk avocados are being pulled from shelves. But you should also inspect the avocados you have at home. The recalled avocados come from California and may have a “Bravocado” sticker. The company cautions that these stickers are not on the organic avocados that came from the facility—those simply have “organic” and “California” on the sticker. If you have either of these avocados at home, err on the side of caution and throw them out or bring them back to the store for a refund ASAP.

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Trader Joe's Is Recalling Three of Its Pre-Packaged Salads Due to Glass and Hard Plastic Contamination

Attention Trader Joe’s shoppers: the beloved food retailer is recalling three of its prepackaged, deli-style salads due to the fact that some of them might inadvertently include pieces of glass or hard plastic, which would make for a very sad desk lunch indeed.

According to a statement released Saturday on the Trader Joe’s website, the salads included in the recall are the white meat chicken salad, the curried white chicken deli salad, and the turkey cranberry apple salad with use-by dates from November 10 through November 21 and inspection code P-40299.

The offending white meat chicken salads (SKU 98091) and curried white chicken deli salads (SKU 96426) were sold in Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The potentially polluted turkey cranberry apple salads were sold in Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington and have the SKU 60983.

If you purchased one of those salads with that inspection code in one of those states, Trader Joe’s is telling customers to throw them away or return them to a retail location for a full refund. You can also call customer service at (626) 599-3817 or email them if you have any questions.

The good news is that all of the potentially dangerous products have already been removed from stores, so no future customers should be at risk. Again, if you did buy any of those salads, but they have a different inspection code, Trader Joe’s says they should be fine.

This isn’t the first time the retailer has issued a recall of its products. Last year they had to recall some of their frozen foods due to a listeria outbreak that also affected Starbucks and Chipotle. But as long as they keep selling those dark chocolate peanut butter cups, anyway, something something tells us business won’t suffer too bad for this.

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