California-based Braga Fresh issued a precautionary advisory asking people to avoid consuming broccoli potentially contaminated by listeria bacteria.
The advisory is applicable to a single lot of ready-to-eat, 12-ounce Marketside Broccoli Florets with a “best if used by” date of Dec. 10, 2024, said a Dec. 31 notice published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Although the item is no longer sold in stores, some customers may have kept the product frozen.
“Consumers who have this product in their freezers should not consume and discard the product,” the FDA said.
The items were sold in Walmart stores across 20 U.S. states—Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, with the lot code “BFFG327A6” stamped in front of the bags….