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Trader Joe's and Green Giant vegetables are being recalled due to listeria fears

Kate Taylor   

Trader Joe's and Green Giant vegetables are being recalled due to listeria fears
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Growers Express

  • Trader Joe's, Green Giant Fresh, Growers Express, and Signature Farms branded vegetables are being recalled due to listeria concerns.
  • The products - which include butternut squash, cauliflower, and zucchini - are sold at grocers including Trader Joe's, Stop & Shop, Shaws, and more.
  • Recalled Trader Joe's products include butternut squash spirals with a sell-by date of June 28 and zucchini spirals with a sell-by date of June 27.
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Vegetables sold at Trader Joe's, Stop & Shop, Shaws, and other grocery chains are being recalled due to listeria fears.

On Monday, the US Food and Drug Association announced that Growers Express is recalling vegetables sold under the Green Giant Fresh, Growers Express, Signature Farms, and Trader Joe's brands. Recalled products include packaged butternut squash, cauliflower, and zucchini.

The products are being recalled due to the risk of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

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Trader Joe's customer should dispose of butternut squash spirals with a sell-by date of June 28 and zucchini spirals with a sell-by date of June 27. Click here for the full list of Signature Farms, Green Giant Fresh, and Growers Express products being recalled.

All recalled products originate from a Grower Express facility in Biddeford, Maine. The company voluntarily recalled the products following a positive listeria sample by the Massachusetts Department of Health.

"We are deep sanitizing the entire facility and our line equipment, as well as conducting continued testing on top of our usual battery of sanitation and quality and safety tests before resuming production," Tom Byrne, president of Growers Express, said in a statement.

Listeria infections are typically caused by eating contaminated food. Most healthy people under the age of 65 will have symptoms such as diarrhea and fever, though these infections are rarely diagnosed.

The infection is much more dangerous for older adults, people with weakened immune systems, and pregnant people. Listeria infection while pregnant can result in miscarriages, stillbirths, and newborn death.

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