MI resident dead from listeria outbreak — CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday that packaged salads produced at a Dole facility in OH are linked to one death in MI and the hospitalizations of 12 people in six states.

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The Listeria outbreak has been under investigation since September 2015.

MedicineNet elaborates on the origins of Listeria, stating that the bacterium is found in soil and water, vegetables can become infected due to the manure used to fertilize the crops. One illness was reported in a person from MA. Those affected by the illness range in age from 3 to 83.

The private-label salads, which Dole produces for other brands, include Kroger’s Fresh Selections salad kits, according to the CDC. In other words, product codes beginning with the letters “B” or “N” are not part of this recall.

According to the company, several private label packaged salads processed at the Springfield, Ohio facility may be contaminated.

One person has died and 19 people are in hospital after a Listeria outbreak.

Five of the five ill people who were asked about the packaged salad reported eating the salad in the month before becoming ill. But the illnesses weren’t linked to the Springfield site until lab results from a packaged salad collected in OH traced the illness to Dole’s site here.

Dole added that its salad products from the other facilities are safe to consume.

The affected salads are marked with the production code “A” on the packaging.

In a statement sent to ABC News on Friday, Dole officials said the withdrawal of the salad was being done “out of an abundance of caution” and in collaboration with the CDC and U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The report states that Dole has shut down the Springfield facility and is also withdrawing all packaged salads that were produced there. The CDC says it can be especially serious in pregnant women, raising the risk of miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery, or life-threatening infection of the newborn. It mostly affects older adults, pregnant women, newborns and adults that have a weakened immune system.