Freshly Foods cut fruit recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

Freshly Foods is recalling cut fruit products due to the potential contamination of the product with Listeria monocytogenes, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent July 6.

Listeria monocytogenes may cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, the frail or elderly, and those with weakened immune systems. Healthy adults may only suffer short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Listeria infections may also cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. The illness caused by these bacteria can take up to 70 days to appear. Persons in the higher-risk categories who experience flu-like symptoms within two months after eating contaminated food should seek medical care and tell the health care provider about eating the contaminated food.

The Defense Commissary Agency has publicized this recall to all its stores, said Richard Stith, Chief, Public Health Division, DeCA headquarters at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia. Whenever a commissary has recalled or withdrawn products in its inventory, they are immediately removed from store shelves.                

The following products are affected by this recall:

• Cantaloupe Cup: 12-ounce, plastic cup with lid

• Mixed Fruit: 16-ounce, plastic cup with lid

• Pineapple Cup: 12-ounce, plastic cup with lid

The products subject to this recall were produced from June 5, 2023, until the date of this recall.

Customers possessing this product or other products from this company should dispose of it immediately or return it to the commissary of purchase for a full refund.