“Freezing doesn’t kill listeria,” he says, so you should still not consume the fruit.“ In addition, the bacteria can survive for a long time, so be sure to clean every surface in your refrigerator or freezer that the fruit may have come into contact with.”įor questions, you can reach David Oppenheimer and Company (Oppy) at 86, Monday-Friday, 12 p.m. Rogers, PhD, director of food safety and testing for Consumer Reports, says some people may have purchased the fruit, cut it up, and put it in the freezer to eat later. The company said it traced the potentially contaminated fruit to two grower lots in New Zealand, and that it has since stopped distributing fruit from those lots.Īlthough the recalled kiwi might have since gone bad, James E. Oppy did not immediately respond to CR’s questions about which retailers sold the recalled fruit or whether it was still available on store shelves.Īccording to Oppy’s release, the problem was discovered through routine sampling by the Kentucky Department for Public Health.
Nor are packages that carry a white sticker with a work order (WO) number and a “packed-on" date of Aug.
Zespri organic green kiwifruit sold in other states is not part of this recall.
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