California-based Duda Farm Fresh Foods Inc. is recalling celery sold in nearly 30 states due to potential contamination with Listeria, the company said in an April 10 statement published by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The precautionary advisory applies to “a single production lot of washed and ready-to-eat 4 in/1.6oz Marketside Celery Sticks with best if used by date 03/23/2025,” the company said.
Listeria can cause “serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems,” according to the statement. “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.”…