Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc. Issues Notice for 1,587 Boxes of Marketside 4in/1.6 oz Bundle Pack for Potential Health Hazard Celery Sticks

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 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

Consumers: If you have any additional questions, you can contact: foodsafety@duda.com