Editing Dole plc (section)

===2010s===

Dole recalled its "Seven Lettuces" salads in 2012 after random testing by [[New York (state)|New York]] health officials found ''[[salmonella]]'' in the salads.<ref name="NPR1">{{cite news |title=Dole Recalls Bagged Salads For Salmonella Risk |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=150691482 |access-date=8 June 2022 |work=[[NPR]] |agency=Associated Press |date=15 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501203905/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=150691482 |archive-date=1 May 2012}}</ref> The same year, the company issued two recalls of its bagged salads due to contamination by ''[[Listeria monocytogenes]]''.<ref name="CBS1">{{cite news |title=Dole Italian Blend salads recalled after positive Listeria test |last1=Jaslow |first1=Ryan |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dole-italian-blend-salads-recalled-after-positive-listeria-test/ |work=[[CBS News]] |date=24 August 2012 |accessdate=8 June 2022}}</ref> The company initiated another recall due to contamination by ''L. monocytogenes'' in 2014.<ref name="FSN1">{{cite news |title=Publisher's Platform: Will the Justice Department look at Dole's history of recalls and outbreaks? |last1=Marler |first1=Bill |url=https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2016/05/publishers-platform-will-the-justice-department-look-at-doles-history-of-recalls-and-outbreaks/ |work=[[Food Safety News]] |date=2 May 2016 |accessdate=18 March 2022}}</ref> The following year, Dole recalled bagged spinach due to contamination with ''salmonella'' following safety testing conducted by the [[United States Food and Drug Administration]] at a plant in [[Springfield, Ohio|Springfield]], [[Ohio]].<ref name="USA1">{{cite news |title=Salmonella risk: Dole recalls spinach in 13 states |last1=Bacon |first1=John |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/10/14/dole-recalls-spinach-13-states-due-salmonella-risk/73919444/ |work=[[USA Today]] |date=14 October 2015 |accessdate=8 June 2022}}</ref>

In 2016, an outbreak of [[listeriosis]] tied to the Springfield plant led to the hospitalization of 33 people and four deaths. The plant closed for four months that year, and later reporting revealed Dole knew about the listeria contamination in July 2014, more than a year before the plant's closure. The [[United States Department of Justice]] initiated a criminal probe into the issue.<ref name="NYT5">{{cite news |title=Dole Knew About Listeria Problem at Salad Plant, F.D.A. Report Says |last1=Strom |first1=Stephanie |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/business/dole-knew-about-listeria-problem-fda-report-says.html |work=The New York Times |date=29 April 2016 |accessdate=17 May 2022}}</ref> Dole settled two civil lawsuits related to the outbreak in 2017.<ref name="NewsSun1">{{cite news |title=Dole settles civil suits related to listeria outbreak |last1=Sanctis |first1=Matt |url=https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/dole-settles-civil-suits-related-listeria-outbreak/YKUfbJKEGzFWZm6PUL6kUN/ |work=[[Springfield News-Sun]] |date=28 April 2017 |accessdate=8 June 2022}}</ref>