If you've recently purchased tomatoes, you may want to check the label. There have been two separate recalls affecting tomatoes sold across 14 states.
Indiana-based Ray & Mascari Inc. recalled 4 Count Vine Ripe Tomatoes packaged in clam shell containers that were sold through Gordon Food Service Stores across 11 states, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Additionally, Williams Farms Repack LLC recalled tomatoes distributed to three states on May 2.
Ray & Mascari Inc. was notified by Hanshaw & Capling Farms of Florida that they were recalling the lot of tomatoes it sent to be repackaged into the 4 Count Vine Ripe Tomatoes product for the potential presence of salmonella in its facilities. The Williams Farms Repack tomatoes were also recalled due to concerns about possible salmonella contamination.
Here's what you need to know about how to identify the affected tomatoes and which states they were sold in.
The Ray & Mascari Inc. tomatoes were packaged in clamshell containers that were sold through Gordon Food Service Stores in the following states:
The Williams Farms Repack tomatoes were packaged and sold to wholesalers and distributors in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina between April 23-28.
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The recalled Ray & Mascari tomatoes are sold in plastic clamshells containing four tomatoes.
The four-count plastic clam shells have a VINE RIPE TOMATOES label containing Packed by Ray & Mascari Inc., Indianapolis, IN 46204. The label has a UPC number of 7 96553 20062 1.
Stores who received the recalled lots have been notified and provided recall instructions to further contact their customers and distribution centers, according to the FDA.
The following Williams Farms Repack tomatoes are affected:
The FDA is urging anyone who bought the recalled tomatoes not to consume the products and return them to the place of purchase for a full refund, or they can just discard the affected item.
Salmonella is an organism that can "cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems," according to the FDA.
Healthy people infected with salmonella usually experience several symptoms, such as fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, the federal agency said. In rare cases, salmonella can get into the bloodstream and produce more severe illnesses like arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.
Contributing: George Petras, USA TODAY
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