NEW YORK — Los Angeles Salad Company is recalling its baby carrots because of potential contamination with the bacteria Shigella, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday.
The company is recalled its "Genuine Sweet Baby Carrots" with a Sell By Date up to and including Aug. 16, 2007. The date is printed on the back of the packages.
The recall was launched after it was discovered that some carrots sold in Canada were contaminated with the bacteria, causing four reported cases of illness between Aug. 4 and 6, 2007. No one was hospitalized and all have fully recovered.
An investigation has not yet revealed the cause of the contamination.
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