A recall has been issued for packaged salad after a dead bat was discovered by two people eating the salad in Florida. 

  • Organic Marketside Spring Mix - 5 oz. clear container
  • Production Code of G089B19 and best-if-used-by date of APR 14 2017, located on the top label
  • UPC Code of 6 8113132897 5 located on the bottom of the container next to the bar code
  • FDA recall information

Fresh Express issued a recall for a limited number of cases of Organic Marketside Spring Mix sold at Walmart.

The recall was issued after a dead bat was found in a package of salad purchased in Florida.

The Centers for Disease Control issued the following statement:

"Two people in Florida reported eating some of the salad before the bat was found. The bat was sent to the CDC rabies lab for laboratory testing because bats in the United States sometimes have been found to have this disease. The deteriorated condition of the bat did not allow for CDC to definitively rule out whether this bat had rabies."

Officials said two people ate the salad before the bat was found in the package.

They have been tested for rabies.

The company says the salads were sold mainly in southeastern states.

Fresh Express says consumers who may have already purchased the recalled product should discard and not consume it.

A full refund is available where purchased or by calling the Fresh Express Consumer Response Center toll-free at (800) 242-5472 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.