Food Lion In VA Recalls 2 Salad Kits Over Listeria Contamination

VIRGINIA — The Food Lion grocery chain in Virginia has recalled two salad kits because of the risk of listeria contamination, according to the retailer.

The in-store prepared Cobb and Chef's Salad Kits are the two items recalled. Food Lion says it was alerted by their vendor of potential listeria contamination.

This affects only Cobb and Chef's Salad kits sold from the deli at all Food Lion stores between Dec. 26 and Jan. 10. If you look at the package, the sell-by date will between Dec. 30 and Jan 10.

Customers with the affected salads should return it to their local Food Lion for a refund equal to double the purchase price, per the store chain, which offers a "double your money back" guarantee on its items.

Healthy people who eat listeria-contaminated products typically experience no or only short-term symptoms, including a high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abominable pain and diarrhea; it also may cause miscarriage or stillbirth among pregnant women.

Serious and sometimes fatal infections can occur in young children, frail or older people, and others with weakened immune systems.

And, customers should throw out the salad kits if they still have them in their refrigerator, the North Carolina-based chain said.

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