Freeze dried fruit sold at Sam’s Club recalled for listeria risk

Freeze dried fruit packs sold at Sam’s Club, a membership-only warehouse club owned by Walmart, are recalled for a possible listeria risk.

Doehler Dry Ingredient Solutions has recalled Member’s Mark Freeze Dried Fruit Variety Pack 15-count boxes, UPC 1 93968 50900 2 due to contamination with listeria monocytogenes, according to a notice posted by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration . Member’s Mark is the brand name for Sam’s Club.

A full list of affected lot codes is available on fda.gov .

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. While healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abd