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Ready Pac Apples Pulled From Shelves for Listeria Risk
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Ready Pac Foods Inc. is recalling apples shipped to 36 U.S. states for restaurants owned by McDonald’s Corp. and stores including Wegmans Food Markets Inc. because of potential contamination from the bacterium listeria.
Ready Pac’s Missa Bay unit voluntarily recalled 293,488 cases and 296,224 individual packs of fruit, vegetable and sandwich products containing the apples, according to a statement today from the closely held company. No illnesses have been reported, the Irwindale, California-based company said.