Robinson Fresh, Lancaster, Giant Kale, Spinach, Collard Green products Update - recalled due to Listeria

United States

Lancaster Foods has updated their May 5, 2023 Recall notice to add one product (Lancaster Brand Spinach item #41714, "Best If Used By" date April 29, 2023). This recall is due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled products are beyond their "Best If Used By Date". These products were distributed through retailers and distributors in the states of Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. No related illnesses have been reported to date.

Affected Products:
- Item Number: 00682, Brand: ROBINSON FRESH, Pack/ Size: 8 / 16 OZ, UPC Codes: 0-95829-60015-9, Description: KALE GREENS, Best If Used By Date: May 01, 2023
- Item Number: 00619, Brand: ROBINSON FRESH, Pack/ Size: 6 / 32 OZ, UPC Codes: 0-95829-60016-6, Description: KALE GREENS, Best If Used By Date: May 01, 2023
- Item Number: 55423, Brand: LANCASTER, Pack/ Size: 20 / 4 OZ, UPC Codes: N/A, Description: CHOPPED KALE, Best If Used By Date: 5/1/2023
Item Number: 78983, Brand: GIANT, Pack/ Size: 12 / 8 OZ, UPC Codes: 6-88267-09813-0, Description: CURLY LEAF SPINACH, Best If Used By Date: April 29, 2023
- Item Number: 00684, Brand: ROBINSON FRESH, Pack/ Size: 8 / 16 OZ, UPC Codes: 0-95829-60006-7, Description: COLLARD GREENS, Best If Used By Date: May 01, 2023
- Item Number: 01907, Brand: GIANT, Pack/ Size: 8 / 16 OZ, UPC Codes: 6-88267-05311-5, Description: COLLARD GREENS, Best If Used By Date: May 01, 2023
- Item Number 41714, Brand: LANCASTER, Pack/Size Dates: 12 / 10 OZ, UPC Codes: 8-13055-01145-3, Description: SPINACH, Best If Used By Date: April 29, 2023

Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. Consumers with these symptoms should immediately consult their healthcare provider.

Lancaster Foods is recalled a limited quantity of 3 brands of already-expired Robinson Fresh, Lancaster, and Giant brand Kale, Spinach, and Collard Green products produced at the company's Jessup, Maryland facility. The recall was initiated after notification that a random sample of a single bag of Chopped Kale Greens product with a "BEST IF USED BY May 1, 2023" date collected by the New York Agriculture and Markets Food Safety Division tested positive for the Listeria pathogen.

Products can be identified by using the UPC or Item Number codes and the Best if Used by Dates outlined in the table below. Retailers and distributors have been instructed to ensure the recalled products are removed from all inventories. Consumers who might still have the recalled products in their refrigerators should discard the items and they should not be consumed. No other products distributed by Lancaster Foods have been recalled.

Company name: Lancaster Foods
Brand name: Robinson Fresh, Lancaster, Giant
Product recalled: Kale, Spinach, Collard Green products
Reason of the recall: Potential for Listeria monocytogenes
FDA Recall date: May 12, 2023