Pictsweet Farms frozen Cut Okra recalled

A recall of some Pictsweet Farms Cut Okra products has been initiated by DOD food safety authorities due to nonconforming laboratory results in a sample of Cut Okra, Frozen, 12 ounces, which tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes, according to a DOD All Food and Drug Activity message sent Nov. 3.

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 Lee, Virginia. Whenever a commissary has recalled or withdrawn products in its inventory, they are immediately removed from store shelves.    

The following product is affected by this recall:

• Pictsweet Farms Cut Okra, frozen, 12 ounces: UPC 7056085615 with product code BIUB June 23, 2024 174 2JJ R and “use by” date of June 23, 2024

Customers should return the recalled product to the commissary of purchase for a full refund.