Revolution Farms has announced the voluntary recall of all its products from various retailers after determining a possible Listeria infection.
The Caledonia, Michigan-based farm indicated in a press release issued via the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the recall was initiated when the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development received a positive result for Listeria monocytogenes in a random sample test of one among its products with a Best By date of April 2, 2023.
Initially, the corporate only recalled its lettuce products for fear that the microorganism might cause serious and even fatal infections in young children, the elderly and other people with weak immune systems. Within the official announcement dated April 5, the farm also acknowledged that a Listeria infection could cause miscarriages and stillbirths in pregnant women.
On the time of the initial recall, no illnesses related to its lettuce products have been reported. Nonetheless, the recall was quickly expanded the next day when one among its products was epidemiologically linked with a multi-state outbreak of Listeriosis. An investigation is ongoing, however the farm encouraged consumers to instantly seek medical attention in the event that they have gotten in poor health after eating its products.
The recalled Revolution Farms products included the Buttery Bib, Mini Romaine, Green Sweet Crisp, Grower’s Alternative, Michigan Spring Mix, Great Lakes Gourmet, Robust Romaine, Romaine Lettuce Boats, Sweet Crisp Deli Leaf, Whole Leaf Romaine, Traverse City Cherry, Zesty Southwest, Sesame Ginger Crunch, and Crisp Kale Caesar.
Revolution Farms prides itself on being the longer term of family farming because it feeds the community “with more energizing, more nutritious salad greens all yr long,” as stated on its website. The corporate also indicated that each one of its leaves are “non-GMO certified.”
While retailers have been instructed to remove all recalled products from store shelves, Revolution Farms is currently cooperating with the FDA and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on the continuing investigation.
Lettuce grows on the Teltower Ruebchen organic vegetable farm in Teltow, Germany, June 1, 2011.
Getty Images/Sean Gallup