California Farm Recalls Fruit after Potential Contamination Found

A California farm has recalled peaches, plums, and nectarines in several states after nearly a dozen people became sick from eating the fruit, the Food and Drug Administration announced Nov. 17. HMC Farms, located in Kingsburg, California, about 90 miles north of Bakersfield, has voluntarily recalled its fruit sold in retail stores between May 1 and Nov. 15 in both 2022 and 2023, after the peaches were linked to an outbreak of Listeriosis in 11 people. The fruit, which was sold in bags branded “HMC Farms” or “Signature Farms” with a “6359” sticker and may have been frozen by consumers, is being recalled because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism linked to serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems....