Nature's Touch Organic Strawberries Recall: Norovirus Found in Frozen Berries
Nature's Touch Frozen Foods recalls organic strawberries with norovirus detected by FDA testing. Consumers should avoid eating these frozen berries due to potential illness risk.
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FDA Testing for Frozen Berry Assignment found Norovirus in frozen strawberries from Turkey.
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What happened, in plain English
Nature's Touch Frozen Foods has recalled organic strawberries that tested positive for norovirus by the FDA. This poses a risk of foodborne illness if consumed. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/17654-nature-s-touch-organic-strawberries-recall-norovirus-found-in-frozen.
Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/17654-nature-s-touch-organic-strawberries-recall-norovirus-found-in-frozen · Updated October 5, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #F-1286-2019
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“Nature's Touch Organic Strawberries Recall: Norovirus Found in Frozen Berries.” GovInfoNow, updated October 5, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/17654-nature-s-touch-organic-strawberries-recall-norovirus-found-in-frozen. Based on FDA recall #F-1286-2019 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-1286-2019%22&limit=1).
Why it’s dangerous
FDA testing found norovirus in frozen strawberries from Turkey. Norovirus causes vomiting and diarrhea, which can lead to dehydration and illness in vulnerable individuals.
Who’s affected
Anyone who purchased these specific organic strawberries from the distributed date. People who eat the recalled product are at risk of foodborne illness.
How to tell if you have this one
Look for strawberries with the UPC code 079893402758, net weight 48 oz. (3 lb.), and distributed by Lucerne Foods. The product was sold starting April 2020.
- Brand
Nature's Touch- Product
O Organics Organic Whole Strawberries; NET WT. 48 oz. (3 lb.) 1.36 kg UPC: 079893402758 Distributed by: Lucerne Foods- Category
Food
What to do — step by step
Stop Using It Now
Discard the recalled strawberries immediately to avoid potential foodborne illness.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed in 6 states.
FDA distribution: “MD, IL, MA, UT, CA, WA.” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
States: California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Utah, Washington.
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 2 months after the firm started it.
- Firm started the recall
- Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
- FDA classified it Class II
- FDA terminated the recall
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
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The facts (hazard, remedy, dates, manufacturer) are pulled from the official FDA recall record. The plain-language summary and step-by-step checklist are written by GovInfoNow to make the official notice easier to act on — they don’t replace it.
- Official source: FDA Recall #F-1286-2019 (March 15, 2019) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-1286-2019 to see it in context.
- Plain-language summary written by qwen3:4b on October 5, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the FDA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
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