Editing Dole plc (section)

===2020s===
In December 2021, Dole recalled 180 varieties of packaged salad due to possible listeria contamination and closed packaging facilities in [[Yuma, Arizona|Yuma]], [[Arizona]], and [[Bessemer City, North Carolina|Bessemer City]], North Carolina, to sanitize them.<ref name="NPR2">{{cite news |title=Fresh Express and Dole recall hundreds of salad products over listeria concerns |last1=Treisman |first1=Rachel |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/12/23/1067345551/fresh-express-dole-recall-salad-products-listeria-concerns |work=NPR |date=23 December 2021 |accessdate=8 June 2022}}</ref> The outbreak led to an investigation by the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] after two people died and 17 became ill.<ref name="CNN1">{{cite news |title=Two dead from Listeria outbreak linked to Dole packaged salads, CDC says |last1=Sealy |first1=Amanda |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/us/listeria-dole-packaged-salads/index.html |work=[[CNN]] |date=3 February 2022 |accessdate=8 June 2022}}</ref>