Amy's Kitchen recalled on Monday about 74,000 cases of food products in the US and Canada. The recall is in response to a notification by one of its suppliers that the organic spinach it provided possibly has Listeria contamination.

The voluntary recall covers 19 products that possibly have organic spinach with the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes. The Food and Drug Administration said that it is an organism that could cause serious and sometimes deadly infection in young children, old people and those with weakened immune systems.

Among healthy people, it could cause short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diaorrhea. Among pregnant women, it could result in miscarriage or stillbirths, the FDA warned.

The recalled items are vegetable lasagna, tofu vegetable lasagna, garden vegetable lasagna, tofu scramble, enchilada verde whole meat, spinach pizza, brown rice & vegetable bowl, stuffed pasta shell bowl, vegetable lasagna multi pack, vegetable lasagna LIS, brown rice & vegetable bowl LIS, gluten free tofu scramble breakfast wrap, gluten free tofu scramble breakfast wrap CAN, gluten free dairy free vegetable lasagna, gluten free dairy free vegetable lasagna, vegetable lasagna, enchilada verde whole meat and family size vegetable lasagna.

Consumers who have purchased any of the above products are advised to dispose them or return it to the store where they bought the item for exchange or full refund. They may also call Amy’s Kitchen at (707) 78107335 from Monday through Friday between 9 am and 5 pm (Pacific time).

To contact the writer, email: v.hernandez@ibtimes.com.au

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