September 04, 2026
2 min read
Key takeaways:
- Seventeen people have been sickened and six have been hospitalized.
- The recall is part of a broader investigation of contaminated berries linked to a Chilean supplier.
The FDA announced a recall of frozen berries sold at Walmart due to an expanding Escherichia coli outbreak that has sickened 17 people in two states — six of whom have been hospitalized.
The recalled product — Great Value Organic Triple Berry Blend — has been sold in Walmart stores in 16 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin.
Walmart frozen berries have been recalled for possible E. coli. Image: Adobe Stock
The product information is as follows:
- Great Value Organic Triple Berry, 10 oz, with UPC 7874211226, lot code 6040 01-6 and best-by date of Feb. 9, 2028.
The recall is part of a broader investigation of frozen berry products sourced from a Chilean supplier. In July, the FDA recalled the supplier’s berries sold at Publix stores in eight states. Those products included GreenWise Organic Frozen Whole Blueberries and Whole Mixed Berries.
The FDA warns that an E. coli infection can lead to severe stomach cramps, diarrhea, fever, nausea and/or vomiting.
An announcement by the Chilean supplier, Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A., noted that the berries were potentially contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O145 — or STEC, a type of E. coli that can cause hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a severe condition that can lead to kidney failure. HUS can develop in anyone but is most common among young children, according to the CDC.
The frozen berries are the latest in what has been a summer full of food recalls, most notably the iceberg lettuce recall linked to an outbreak of Cyclospora that resulted in more than 10,000 illnesses, nearly 500 hospitalizations and two deaths.
Other major multistate outbreaks this summer have involved jalapeños and eggs, both sickening hundreds of people with Salmonella.
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