Marketside Green Beans, Squash Recalled For Possible Listeria

A Florida-based company has recalled select bags of Marketside brand green beans and butternut squash because of possible listeria contamination, according to the FDA.

The recalled products were shipped to one retail distribution center and most of the product was retrieved before being sent to retail stores. However, the FDA said some of the product shipped on Feb. 17 may have reached select stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

The FDA said it was making a public announcement out of an abundance of caution.

Southern Specialties, the company that announced the recall, has not received reports of any illnesses associated with the recall.

Listeria can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and in those with weakened immune systems. The FDA says the infection can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths in pregnant women.

Below are the products subject to the recall:

Bagged Green Beans, 32oz. (2 LB) 907g
UPC Code: 681131457385
Best if used by date: MAR-9-2019
Lot codes on bag: 83931-123 or 83939-124

Bagged Green Beans, 12 oz. (340g)
UPC Code: 681131328869
Best if used by date: MAR-8-2019
Lot codes on bag: 83928-628 or 83932-123

Bagged Butternut Squash, 16oz. (1 LB) 454g
UPC Code: 681131122351
Best if used by date: MAR-6-2019
Lot codes on bag: 83940-319 or 83940-139

You can find more information from the FDA here.