A Chilean fruit supplier expanded its recall of frozen organic berries sold at Walmart and Trader Joe's after an E. coli outbreak sickened 17 people and put six in the hospital.
Fox Business reported that Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A. updated the recall on Friday to cover more lots of Great Value and Trader Joe's products already tied to the outbreak.
The expanded list now includes additional lots of Great Value frozen Organic Triple Berry Blend, Great Value frozen Organic Blueberries, and another lot of Trader Joe's frozen Organic Mixed Berry Blend. Shoppers who bought them are told to throw the bags out or take them back to the store.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak infected 17 people and hospitalized six in Florida and Georgia. No deaths were reported. The Florida Department of Health first flagged the cases to the CDC in July 2026. The CDC closed its investigation on Sept. 21.
Walmart sold the Great Value items, carrying UPCs 7874211226 and 7874211213, in 30 states plus Puerto Rico. Those states include Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.
Trader Joe's put the Organic Mixed Berry Blend on shelves in 26 states and the District of Columbia. That list covers Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Neither Walmart nor Trader Joe's gave Fox Business an immediate response when asked for comment. The Food and Drug Administration posted the expanded recall notice covering the extra lots from the Chilean supplier.
The timing leaves a clear gap. Health officials shut down the outbreak probe in late September. Days later the supplier still had to pull more product that had already reached freezers from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest and Puerto Rico.
Consumers who still have the bags at home face a simple choice: discard them or return them. The link between the frozen berries and the E. coli cases drove the action, according to the public notices from the CDC and FDA.
Imported produce moves fast through big retail chains. When contamination shows up, the people who end up in hospital beds are ordinary shoppers who grabbed a bag of organic berries for smoothies or dessert. Retailers and overseas suppliers owe those customers faster answers and cleaner supply chains than a recall that keeps expanding after the official investigation is already closed.