Dole Food CompanyCompany DetailsContacthttps://www.dole.comArticles & NewsRegulationsFeds Investigate Dole Salad Contamination, Drawing Calls For Better AccountabilityThe Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into Dole Food Co. over a listeria outbreak linked to four deaths in the U.S. and Canada and multiple other illnesses.RegulationsOhio Woman Sues Dole Fresh Vegetable Inc. Over Listeria OutbreakIn the lawsuit filed March 7 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Constance Georgostathis said her 77-year-old mother became ill after consuming a portion of a packaged salad mix that was produced at the Springfield plant.RegulationsListeria Outbreak Linked To Dole Salads Claims One Death, 12 HospitalizationsOfficials from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced they have been investigating the six-state outbreak since September 2015.RegulationsDole Recalls Bagged Salad Over Salmonella RiskThe salads were distributed in 13 U.S. states including Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wisconsin.Food SafetyDole Takes Steps To Enhance Food Safety InitiativesWith new partnership with SafetyChain Software, Dole strives to prepare for FDA’s FSMA.Products & Press ReleasesDesign-BuildDole Packaged Foods to Open New Georgia Frozen Food Production ComplexThe new facility is approximately 63,000-square-feet, fully automated and will have four manufacturing lines which when at capacity can produce 60 million pounds of fruit annually.SustainabilityDole Food Company Releases 2020 Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability ReportDole’s sustainability report outlines an ambitious slate of initiatives under the Dole Way framework focused on tangible action directed towards five key goals.
