Fresh Express Inc (Div of Chiquita Brands) Recall: potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

🇺🇸 United States

1. December 18, 2021 - Recall initiated
2. February 2, 2022 - Reported by source
3. May 17, 2023 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-0535-2022

Event ID

89269

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class I

Company

Fresh Express Inc (Div of Chiquita Brands)

Product description

"Caesar Lite" (salad product) packed in 9.8oz. packages

Quantity

12,835 cases

Reason

potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

Recall initiation date

December 18, 2021

Report date

February 2, 2022

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

May 17, 2023

Distribution pattern

Products were distributed to 110 domestic distributors (in CT, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, and WI) and 3 foreign distributors (Canada).

UPC, lot, and code information

Z324-Z350

Voluntary or mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Initial notification method

Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit

Source last updated

Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below

Public Health Trace retrieval date

July 18, 2026 ET

Other products recalled under this same event

This recall shares FDA event ID 89269 with 10 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: Fresh Express Inc (Div of Chiquita Brands)

Other recalls from Fresh Express Inc (Div of Chiquita Brands)

A map highlighting the states named in the source's distribution description.

Distributed No data published

Shading reflects state-level totals only, as published by the source. It does not imply county-level or point-level precision.

Distribution map

State	Distributed
Connecticut	1
Iowa	1
Illinois	1
Indiana	1
Kentucky	1
Massachusetts	1
Maryland	1
Maine	1
Michigan	1
Minnesota	1
Missouri	1
North Dakota	1
New Hampshire	1
New Jersey	1
New York	1
Ohio	1
Pennsylvania	1
Rhode Island	1
Virginia	1
Wisconsin	1

States shown are extracted from the source's free-text distribution description above; a narrative description (e.g. "distributed nationwide") may not list individual states to extract.

Where this information comes from

View FDA enforcement record -- the specific openFDA record this summary was built from.

No separate FDA public notice was found for this enforcement record. The information below comes from FDA's Recall Enterprise System through openFDA.

FDA Enforcement Reports -- FDA's general, official recall and enforcement information.

Technical source data

View raw source data -- the machine-readable record this page's information was built from.

Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

Frequently asked questions

What does a Class I mean?

A situation in which there is a reasonable probability that use of or exposure to a product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

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