Panorama Produce recalled 302 boxes of mangoes after the fruit was sold in Walmart stores in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The mangoes recalled may be contaminated with Salmonella, and consumers who bought them are being told to dispose of the fruit or return it to the place of purchase.
Panorama Produce and Walmart
The recalled fruit was distributed from Aug. 10 through Aug. 21, making the affected shipment a defined batch rather than a broad open-ended distribution. The mangoes were packaged in a Martina-branded case, and individual fruit can be identified by a light blue sticker with the label Agrofepac, Produce of Mexico, PLU number 4584 and UPC # 07503061948050.
The recall reaches four states and a national retailer, which expands the number of shoppers who may have handled the fruit. A customer in any of the listed stores would need to match the case branding or sticker details before treating the mangoes as part of the recall.
FDA sampling and the same farm
Panorama Produce initiated the recall after FDA sampling found Salmonella in mangoes grown on the same farm but not distributed into U.S commerce. The recalled mangoes and the sampled mangoes share the same source, which is why the company moved the product already in stores out of circulation.
No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with the recalled product. That leaves the recall ahead of any known illness cluster, but it also means buyers who already ate the fruit are not the subject of a reported illness notice at this time.
What buyers should do
Consumers who have the recalled mangoes should dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase. Anyone checking fruit at home should look first for the Martina case, then the Agrofepac and Produce of Mexico sticker, and then the PLU number 4584 or UPC # 07503061948050.
The practical step is simple: remove any matching mangoes from use immediately, because the recall covers fruit already distributed across four states and sold through Walmart. For shoppers in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the label details are the fastest way to separate the recalled fruit from any other mangoes in the house.
