Fresh vegetables processed in a Maine facility and distributed in states including Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire are being voluntarily recalled to due potential listeria contamination, the Food and Drug Administration announced Monday.
The recall includes packaged butternut squash, cauliflower, zucchini and butternut squash-based veggie bowls with a "Best If Used By" date of June 26-29, 2019.
The vegetables were sold under the Green Giant Fresh label in Massachusetts at Big Y Foods, C&S and Shaws and the Trader Joes label at stores in several states, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine and Connecticut.
"Growers Express takes issues of food safety seriously and is issuing a voluntary recall of select fresh vegetable products in an abundance of caution and in the interest of protecting its customers and end consumers," the company said in the voluntary recall release on the FDA's website.
No illnesses have been reported, according to the FDA, and the recall is due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
Listeria can cause infections or illness in people with weakened immune systems, and can cause miscarriages or stillbirths in pregnant women. According to the CDC, listeriosis is a serious infection usually caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium listeria monocytogenes.
The company says it stopped production and issued a voluntary recall after "being notified of a single positive sample by the Massachusetts Department of Health." Growers Express said it is sanitizing its facility and equipment before resuming production.
A list of the affected products and locations they were distributed to is listed here. Photos of the packaging and more information on the recall can also be found here.