Carrots and Mixed Vegetable Medleys Recalled Due to Potential E. Coli Contamination

Time to check your freezer (and clean out your produce drawer!) again, as a selection of different vegetable medley and carrot products were potentially contaminated with E. coli O121:H19, a dangerous strain of bacteria.

The impacted products were sold at Albert’s Organics, Walmart, O.K. Produce, UNFI, Kennedy Produce, and Sprouts Farmers Market, and include:

• Wild Harvest Organic Vegetable Medley, 12 oz, UPC 711535517733
• Marketside Organic Vegetable Medley, 12 oz, UPC 681131179461
• Marketside Vegetable Medley, 32 oz, UPC 681131457378
• Marketside Vegetable Medley, 12 oz, UPC 681131328791
• Marketside Stir Fry Medley, 12 oz, UPC 681131457460
• 4Earth Farms Organic Vegetable Medley, 12 oz, UPC 803944306999
• Wild Harvest Organic Vegetable Medley, 12 oz, UPC 711535517733
• Grimmway Organic Whole Carrots, 1 lb
• 4Earth FarmsVegetable Medley, 12 oz, UPC 803944307064

Grimmway carrots were also linked to a deadly E. coli outbreak and recall announced last month, which has sickened at least 39 people and resulted in one death. The company 4Earth Farms instituted the recall after they were informed by Grimmway Farms, who supplies their carrots, that the carrots in their mixes may be linked to that larger recall and E. coli outbreak.

The recall does not include products currently on shelves, but products you may have purchased between August and October, with best by dates between September 7, 2024, and November 2, 2024.

E. coli (aka, Escherichia coli) is a dangerous and potentially deadly bacteria that can produce severe symptoms, including dehydration, high fever, vomiting, bloody diarrhea, and abdominal cramps. Most people develop symptoms within three to four days after eating contaminated food—though the incubation period can last up to 10 days. The illness can last a week.

E. coli infection can also cause hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure. Symptoms of that can include easy bruising, pallor, and reduced urine output.

If you have any questions about the recall, you can contact 4Earth Farms at 855-918-1706, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PST.