MIAMI – There was an ongoing nationwide recall on Tuesday for peaches, nectarines, and plums, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The fruit sold by HMC Farms, Signature Farms, and with a USA-E-U label caused an outbreak of listeria, a serious bacterial infection, according to FDA and CDC officials.
Aside from Florida, the CDC also documented listeria cases in California, Colorado, Kansas, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. So far, on Tuesday, the outbreak was to blame for one listeria patient’s death and 10 hospitalizations.
Here is a list of the recall’s product and product number:
- Yellow peach: 4044 or 4038
- White peach: 4401
- Yellow nectarine: 4036 or 4378
- White nectarine: 3035
- Red plum: 4042
- Black plum: 4040
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