CRF Frozen Foods Lead to Food-born Illness Outbreak

Because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, CRF has now recalled all of the company's frozen vegetable and fruit items, both traditional and organic. Check your freezer for the frozen  produce listed in this announcement:

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm498841.htm

Quoted from the from the recall announcement:

This recall includes "approximately 358 consumer products sold under 42 separate brands. Products include organic and non-organic broccoli, butternut squash, carrots, cauliflower, corn, edamame, green beans, Italian beans, kale, leeks, lima beans, onions, peas, pepper strips, potatoes, potato medley, root medley, spinach, sweet potatoes, various vegetable medleys, blends, and stir fry packages, blueberries, cherries, cranberries, peaches, raspberries, and strawberries.

"This expanded recall...includes all of the frozen organic and traditional fruit and vegetable products manufactured or processed in CRF Frozen Foods' Pasco [Washington] facility since May 1, 2014. All affected products have the best-by dates or sell-by dates between April 26, 2016 and April 26, 2018.

"CDC has informed CRF Frozen Foods that the government has identified seven people from three states who became ill and were hospitalized due to Listeria. Some of these illnesses have been linked to consuming CRF-manufactured or processed products. CDC also informed us that, sadly, two of these individuals later died, but that Listeria was not the cause of death in either person.

"Products being recalled may have been purchased in all fifty U.S. states and the following Canadian Provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan."

For additional information about Listeria, ways to obtain a refund on recalled products, and the lengthy list of brands involved in this recall, go to the link above. 

Source:

www.fda.gov "CRF Frozen Foods Expands Voluntary Recall to Include All Frozen Vegetable and Fruit Products Due to Possible Health Risk"

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm498841.htm