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The following health alert is from FDA on October 5, 2013.

Orange County Produce, LLC ("OC Produce") is voluntarily working with the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") and California Department of Public Health ("CDPH") to coordinate a recall of fresh red and green Bell Peppers for potential contamination with Salmonella. he red and green Bell Pepper recall is limited to 3 lots (Lot # SB 7 920, 923, 924) containing 1,208 25# cartons of peppers. The source of the contamination is unknown. The lots were distributed to farmer's markets and wholesale food service within Southern California between September 21 and September 24, 2013. The product was shipped in cases under the OC Harvest (25 pound cartons) labels. The product is typically sold to retail, food service, and farmer's market level in bulk weight and has no retail packaging associated with it.
Consumers who purchased the above described Bell peppers between the dates of September 21 and October 5, 2013 should contact the store, restaurant or farmers market from where they purchased the product and inquire as to whether the affected product was sold by that store, restaurant or farmers market location. If so, the customer should discard or return any unused product to that store for a refund.