RECALL ALERT: Produce Sold at Walmart in Iowa, 27 Other States

Bagged produce sold in Iowa and 27 other states is being recalled because of the possibility of contamination.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says Oviedo, Florida-based Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc. has issued a voluntary recall as a precaution due to the risk of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

The items impacted are the washed and ready-to-eat 4-inch/1.6-ounce bags of Marketside Celery Sticks with a best-if-used-by date of March 23, 2025.

The bags were sold at Walmart stores in Iowa, as well as Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

They are identified by having a UPC code 6 81131 16151 0 on the back of the bag, with the lot code P047650 on the front of the bag.

This product is no longer in stores, but consumers may have frozen the item for later use. Consumers who have this product in their possession, including in their freezer, should not consume and discard the product.

No illnesses have been reported so far.

The potential for contamination was discovered during random sampling by the Georgia Department of Agriculture from a store where one of multiple samples yielded a positive test result.

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that 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 only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea,

Listeria monocytogenes infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.