Budget shoppers who recently grabbed a certain healthy produce option at Walmart should be aware—there's a new health warning about it.
Walmart Just Recalled More Than 1,500 Cases of a Marketside Product in 28 States
Published on Apr. 10, 2025
More than 63% of Americans regularly plan to do their grocery shopping at Walmart, preferring the major retailer over competitors like Target and Costco. And with all the store offers, it’s easy to see why. Where else would you buy bread, milk, and eggs along with affordable clothes, a new stove, and a spare tire for your car?
And while Walmart buys are rarely a bad deal, there’s one product you should check your freezer for right now.
Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that bags of Marketside Celery Sticks have been recalled after being sold at Walmart locations in 28 states. The produce company, Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc., is warning customers about possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination connected to 1,587 cases of the celery.
L. monocytogenes is a type of bacteria that can cause Listeriosis. Symptoms can include fever, nausea, muscle aches, vomiting, and diarrhea, according to health experts. However, severe Listeriosis illnesses can lead to confusion, convulsions, and even death.
Marketside is a private branded label owned by Walmart. Consumers can identify the recalled product by these details:
- Product UPC code: 6 81131 16151 0
- Lot code: P047650
- Best If Used By date: 03/23/2025
- Size and packaging: 4 in/1.6 oz bundle packs
The celery sticks were sold four to a bag. Because the affected packages are no longer being sold in stores—and all are past their best-by date—the FDA has labeled the event as a “precautionary advisory.” However, the agency’s report noted it’s possible customers could have frozen the celery to consume later.
The celery sticks were sold in 28 states: Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming, as well as Washington, D.C.
According to the FDA’s report, “the potential for contamination was discovered during random sampling by the Georgia Department of Agriculture from a Georgia store location where one of multiple samples yielded a positive test result.”
As of now, there have not been reports that the celery has caused any illnesses. But the FDA urges consumers in possession of the affected celery sticks to not eat them. Instead, you should discard them.
Concerned consumers can contact Duda Farm Fresh Foods at [email protected].
Later Thursday afternoon, the recall section of the Walmart website was updated with information about the celery recall.
Editor’s note: An earlier draft of this story stated the Walmart website did not yet have information posted about the recall. We’ve since updated the text to include the latest from the company.
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