Frozen Spinach Recall Due to Traces of Listeria
According to USA Today, Sprouts Farmers Market is recalling
Frozen Cut Spinach Leaves regular and organic 16 oz. bags.
Sprouts and the product manufacturer, National Frozen Foods of Oregon, is in the process of doing an internal investigation after bags of frozen spinach was found to contain traces of Listeria, according to USA Today.
The Frozen Spinach bags in question are as follows:
Sprouts Frozen Cut Leaf Spinach, 16oz. bag,
UPC 87487500982, Lot 19031203A03
USE BY 12/03/21
Sprouts Frozen Organic Cut Leaf Spinach, 16oz. bag,
UPC 87487500991, Lot 19031203A03
USE BY 12/03/21
We don't have to worry in Buffalo as we are not one of the 19 States affected. However, other readers from states outside of NYS should examine this list of States affected, according to USA Today..
Identifying information can be found on the back of the packages. The product was delivered to stores in 19 states: Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia.
According to Wikipedia Listeria is defined as follows: