Bagged salads recalled for listeria contamination

Bagged salads under many different names

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Posted: 05/24/2012

More types of River Ranch Fresh Foods bagged salads are being recalled after routine sampling detected contamination with Listeria bacteria.  The initial recall by the Salinas, California based company included lettuce shipped to California and Colorado. The expanded recall includes bagged salads that were shipped nationwide and sold under the names River Ranch, Farm Stand, Hy-Vee, Marketside, Shurfresh, The Farmer's Market, Cross Valley, Fresh n Easy, Promark and Sysco.

According to the company, no illnesses have been reported.  The recalled salad bags have "best by" dates between May 12 and May 29.  For more information, consumers can call River Ranch 24 hours a day at 1-800-762-7708.

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