The Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) late final month upgraded its recall on tomatoes contaminated with salmonella to a Class I.

The company mentioned produce bought by Williams Farms Repack might pose “serious adverse health consequences or death,” in a Might 28 enforcement report. 

The recall was first introduced on Might 2 when the FDA mentioned gadgets posed the chance of potential contamination. Nonetheless, the menace for merchandise bought to distributors within the states of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina has now elevated.

Meals contaminated with salmonella could cause individuals to expertise fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and belly ache. In extreme circumstances, micro organism can infiltrate the bloodstream and trigger arterial infections, endocarditis and arthritis and even dying.

Well being officers at the moment are urging those that bought tomatoes from Williams Farms Repack to both return their gadgets for a full refund or get rid of the product completely. 

Objects susceptible to salmonella contamination have been bought from April 23-28. 

Beneath is a listing of affected merchandise:

PRODUCTSIZE UPC LOT CODETomatoes5x6 25lbN/AR4467Tomatoes6x6 25lbN/AR4467, R4470TomatoesCombo 25lbN/AR4467Tomatoes4x4 2layerN/AR4467Tomatoes4x5 2layerN/AR4467Tomatoes60ct 2layerN/AR4467Tomatoes60ct 18lb looseN/AR4467, R4470TomatoesXL 18lb LooseN/AR4467Tomatoes3ct trays0 33383 65504 8R4467