Urgent Health Alert: Walmart Recalls Popular Marketside Butcher Salad Nationwide Over Dangerous Listeria Risk

Walmart customers are urged to check their refrigerators immediately following a nationwide recall of the popular Marketside Butcher brand Thai Style Green Salad with Peanut Cashew Dressing. The urgent recall stems from concerns of potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause severe, and even fatal, infections.

The affected product is the Marketside Butcher Thai Style Green Salad with Peanut Cashew Dressing, specifically those with a 'Best By' date of 10/26/2023 and the UPC 6-81131-42004-9.

This salad has been distributed to approximately 250 Walmart stores across 28 states, making it crucial for consumers nationwide to be aware of this health warning.

Listeria monocytogenes poses a significant health risk, particularly to vulnerable populations. Young children, the elderly, individuals with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women are at the highest risk.

Symptoms of Listeria infection can include fever, severe headache, muscle aches, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and in more severe cases, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions. For pregnant women, Listeria can lead to miscarriages, stillbirths, premature delivery, or life-threatening infection in the newborn.

The recall was initiated after routine testing detected the presence of Listeria in certain batches of the salad.

While no illnesses have been reported in connection with this specific recall to date, the potential for serious health consequences necessitates immediate action from consumers.

If you have purchased the Marketside Butcher Thai Style Green Salad with Peanut Cashew Dressing with the specified 'Best By' date, do not consume it.

Customers should return the product to any Walmart store for a full refund. For additional information or concerns, consumers can contact Reichel Foods, the manufacturer, at 1-800-843-8120, extension 3004, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST.

Public health officials and Walmart are working closely to ensure all affected products are removed from shelves and that consumers are fully informed.

Your health and safety remain the top priority, so please check your salads today.