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The Centers for Disease Controlis investigating a listeria outbreakfrom Dole salads that has left two people dead and led to 13 hospitalizations.
The outbreak has caused a reported 17 sick in total, across 13 states.
The CDC said that anyone with products thatmatch the warningshould throw out or return the salads and thoroughly clean any surfaces that they touched.
The symptoms of listeriainclude fever, muscle aches, headaches and loss of balance, and can take 1 to 4 weeks to appear.
Elderly people are at a higher risk of becoming severely sickif they contract listeria, as are immunocompromised and pregnant people.
TheCDC is also currently investigatinga listeria outbreak in salads from the brand Fresh Express, which also produces salads under the name Bowl & Basket, Giant Eagle, Little Salad Bar, Marketside, O Organics, Signature Farms, Simply Nature, Weis Fresh from the Field and Wellsley Farms Organic. Ten people have been hospitalized from the outbreak and one person has died.
source: people.com
