Since March 2016, federal officials have been investigating a multistate Listeria outbreak linked to frozen organic and traditional vegetables from CRF Foods. Eight people have been sickened and two deaths have occurred, although officials have said those deaths were not a result of the outbreak.
The Listeria outbreak linked to CRF Foods stretches back to September 2013. Just this spring, the company issued recalls for hundreds of frozen food products sold under a variety of popular store brand names. After submitting a Freedom of Information Act request, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) gained access to three inspection reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Those reports prove that problems at CRF’s Pasco, WA plant were rampant for well over a year before the company announced a widespread recall of their frozen food products this year.