INDIANA – The Willamette Valley Fruit Company of Oregon is recalling select packages of frozen sliced strawberries, mixed fruit, and an antioxidant fruit blend sold under the Great Value brand at Walmart stores in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and nearly thirty other states.
The products contain strawberries grown in Mexico. The recall was issued after concerns about possible Hepatitis A contamination. No illnesses have been reported from the affected products.
The products were sold between January 24th and June 8th of this year.
According to an alert from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the products were sold and distributed through the following retailers:
- Walmart: Great Value Sliced Strawberries, Great Value Mixed Fruit, and Great Value Antioxidant Blend distributed to select Walmart stores in 32 states from Jan. 24, 2023, to June 8, 2023.
- Costco Wholesale Stores: Rader Farms Organic Fresh Start Smoothie Blend distributed to Costco Wholesale stores in Colorado, Texas, California, and Arizona from Oct. 3, 2022, through June 8, 2023.
- HEB: Rader Farms Organic Berry Trio was distributed to HEB stores in Texas from July 18, 2022, to June 8, 2023.
Signs of hepatitis A exposure include fatigue, jaundice, dark urine, pale stool, and, in some cases, liver failure.
The FDA is advising consumers to dispose of the product or return it to stores for a refund.
