Bagged broccoli sold in Walmart recalled for possible Listeria contamination

(WAND) - Braga Fresh is recalling ready-to-eat bagged broccoli.

The company is voluntarily recalling a single production lot of washed and ready-to-eat 12oz Marketside Broccoli Florets with best if used by date Dec 10, 2024.

This product is past its best if used by date and is no longer in stores, but consumers may have frozen the item for later use. If you have this product in your freezer, do not eat it. Instead, throw it away.

The broccoli is possibly contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The potential for contamination was discovered during random sampling by Texas Health & Human Services from a Texas store location where one of multiple samples yielded a positive test result.

So far, no illnesses have been reported.

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria monocytogenes infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

The specific product involved are 12oz bags of Marketside Broccoli Florets sold at Walmart stores identified by having a UPC code 6 81131 32884 5 on back of bag, with Best if Used by Date Dec 10, 2024, and Lot Code: BFFG327A6 on front of bag. All potentially affected products are past their expiration date and no longer for sale. This voluntary advisory does not apply to any other Marketside or Braga Fresh produced products.

The product was sold in Walmart stores across multiple states, including Illinois.