Listeria Outbreak Linked to Peaches, Nectarines, and Plums

Food Safety Alert

Fast Facts
Illnesses: 11
Hospitalizations: 10
Deaths: 1
States: 7
Recall: Yes
Investigation status: Active   (first posted on November 20, 2023)

Recalled Food
Whole peaches, nectarines, and plums distributed by HMC Farms

Sold in stores nationwide between May 1 and November 15 in 2022 and 2023
Sold in bags branded:
"HMC Farms"
"Signature Farms" with a "6359" sticker
Also sold as individual fruit with a sticker that has "USA-E-U" and a number
Yellow peach: 4044 or 4038
White peach: 4401
Yellow nectarine: 4036 or 4378
White nectarine: 3035
Red plum: 4042
Black plum: 4040
Conventional fruit (not organic)

Investigators are working to determine if any additional fruit or products made with this fruit may be contaminated.

What You Should Do
- Do not eat any recalled peaches, nectarines, and plums.
- Check your home, including your refrigerator and freezer, for any recalled fruit.
- If you think you have any, throw them away or return them to the store.
- Clean your refrigerator, containers, and surfaces that may have touched the recalled fruit.
- Listeria can survive in the refrigerator and can easily spread to other foods and surfaces.
- Call a healthcare provider right away if you have these symptoms after eating recalled fruit:
- Pregnant people usually have fever, muscle aches, and tiredness.
- People who are not pregnant usually have fever, muscle aches, and tiredness. They may also get a headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or seizures.

What Businesses Should Do
Do not sell or serve recalled fruit or food made with recalled fruit.
Follow FDA's safe handling and cleaning advice if you sold or served recalled fruit.

Listeria Symptoms
Listeria is especially harmful to people who are pregnant, aged 65 or older, or with weakened immune systems. This is because Listeria is more likely to spread beyond their gut to other parts of their body, resulting in a severe condition known as invasive listeriosis.
For people who are pregnant, Listeria can cause pregnancy loss, premature birth, or a life-threatening infection in their newborn.
For people who are 65 years or older or who have a weakened immune system, Listeria often results in hospitalization and sometimes death.
Symptoms usually start within 2 weeks after eating food contaminated with Listeria, but may start as early as the same day or as late as 10 weeks after.
Pregnant people usually have fever, muscle aches, and tiredness.
People who are not pregnant usually have fever, muscle aches, and tiredness. They may also get a headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or seizures.

CDC Posted November 21, 2023