RECALL: Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc. Issues Notice for 1,587 Cases of Marketside 4in/1.6 oz Bundle Pack for Potential Health Hazard Celery Sticks
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Summary
Company Announcement Date:
April 10, 2025
FDA Publish Date:
April 11, 2025
Product Type:
Food & Beverages
Produce
Foodborne Illness
Reason for Announcement:
Due to possibility of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
Company Name:
Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc.
Brand Name:
Marketside
Product Description:
Celery Sticks
Company Announcement
Oxnard, Calif. – April 10, 2025 – Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc. is voluntarily issuing a precautionary warning regarding a production lot of washed and ready-to-eat 4-inch/1.6-oz Marketside celery sticks with an expiration date of 03/23/2025.
This product has expired its expiration date and is no longer available in stores, but consumers may have frozen it for later use.
This advisory is initiated due to the possibility of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The possibility of contamination was discovered during a random sampling conducted by the Georgia Department of Agriculture at a Georgia store, where one of several samples tested positive.
Listeria monocytogenes is a microorganism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy people may have only brief symptoms, such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, Listeria monocytogenes infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirth in pregnant women.
To date, there have been no reported cases of illness associated with this product.
The specific products involved come in 4 x 4-inch/1.6 oz packages of Marketside celery, sold in Walmart stores, identified with UPC code 6 81131 16151 0 on the back of the bag, with an expiration date of 03/23/2025 and the lot code: P047650 on the front of the bag. All potentially affected products have expired their expiration date and are no longer for sale.
Consumers who have this product in their possession, even in their freezer, should not consume it and throw it away.
This voluntary notice does not apply to any other products made under the Marketside brand or by Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc.
The only products involved in this notice can be identified with the following information:
Marketside Celery Sticks 4 in/1.6 oz Bundle Pack
| Shop: | Walmart |
| Distributed to selected stores in: | AL, CA, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MI, MO, MT, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV, WY. |
| Product UPC Code: | 6 81131 16151 0 |
| Lot Code: | P047650 |
| Best before: | 03/23/2025 |
| Package Size & Packaging: | 4/1.6-ounce, bag |
Consumers: If you have any additional questions, you can contact: foodsafety@duda.com
Media Contact: Cathleen Conley, Corpcomm@duda.com
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Company Contact Information
Consumers:
Media:
Cathleen Conley
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* We believe that none of the product being recalled were processed or offered through the national office
* We strongly encourage you to notify your agencies within one business day from receipt of this notice.
* ALL cased and uncased inventories, both at the member level and agency level, need to be checked. This product may have entered member and agency warehouses through salvage, local donations, TEFAP, local purchases, retail pickups, food drives, or other avenues.
* For additional local details, please contact the Health Department(s) for the area(s) your food bank serves.
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