Bagged Salads Recalled Over Links to Deadly Listeria Outbreak Across 6 States

One person is dead and 11 more have been hospitalized after falling ill with deadly listeria infections that experts warn have been linked to several brands of bagged salad. The multi-state outbreak of the dangerous bacteria has been linked to a Dole processing facility in Springfield, Ohio, the CDC recently announced. Anyone who's purchased bagged salads under the brand names of Dole, Fresh Selections, Simple Truth, Marketside, The Little Salad Bar, or President's Choice Organics are advised to check the manufacturing code found on the package. If the code begins with the letter A, consumers are advised to throw the salad away. Read: How To Stay Safe From Cyclospora Investigators say five of the listeria victims ate pre-packaged salad. Two of them specified that they'd eaten Dole brand salad. The victims were located in Michigan, Massachusetts, Indiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, according to the CDC. http://news.yahoo.com/bagged-salads-recalled-over-links-212800772.html