A freezer item sold under Walmart’s Great Value label is now part of an active recall spanning 26 states and Puerto Rico. The recall covers one precisely identified lot of 10-ounce Organic Triple Berry Blend, not every Great Value frozen-berry product. The financial remedy is straightforward: the affected bag can be discarded or returned to the place of purchase for a refund.
One lot code controls the refund
The package to check is Great Value Frozen Organic Triple Berry Blend in a 10-ounce bag. Its printed lot code is 6040 01-6 and its best-by date is February 9, 2028.
The FDA’s live outbreak page says the product reached selected Walmart stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin, plus Puerto Rico. Seven states were added in the September 11 clarification.
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The expansion corrected the store map
The manufacturer first expanded its recall on September 2. FDA’s company-announcement page was later corrected to add states and territories, taking the distribution footprint to 27 jurisdictions: 26 states and Puerto Rico. The corrected recall announcement confirms both the lot and the full-refund remedy.
That correction is why an older list showing 16 states is no longer sufficient. A bag bought in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota or West Virginia may be affected even though those states were not named in the earlier distribution notice.
Other GreenWise frozen blueberry and mixed-berry products are part of the broader outbreak investigation, but their sizes, labels and store chain differ. Matching only the word “berries” creates unnecessary waste. The Great Value check turns on the brand, 10-ounce size, lot code and best-by date together.
FDA says the outbreak investigation remains ongoing
The product was recalled because of possible contamination with E. coli O145. As of FDA’s September 3 update, investigators had identified 17 illnesses in two states, six hospitalizations and no deaths. Illness onset dates ranged from May 11 through August 2.
FDA advises that recalled berries should not be eaten, sold or served. Any surfaces or containers that touched the product should be cleaned and sanitized to reduce cross-contamination. The agency’s broader outbreak-investigation index continues to list the frozen-blueberry matter while the investigation is active.
Symptoms can include severe stomach cramps, diarrhea, fever, nausea and vomiting. Some infections can lead to hemolytic uremic syndrome, a serious form of kidney failure. FDA directs people who ate the recalled product and develop symptoms resembling an E. coli infection to consult a health-care provider.
The refund is a recall remedy, not a claims settlement
No court fund or class definition is involved. The remedy comes from the voluntary recall: affected product may be returned to the place of purchase for a refund. The FDA page does not publish a claim deadline, and the recall remains active as of September 14.
A receipt is not listed as a condition on the frozen-berry recall notice. That is different from some retailer recalls that expressly require proof of purchase. Store-level refund processing may still involve identifying the exact recalled bag, which makes the lot code and best-by date the useful records to preserve.
The current consumer-money takeaway is limited to the named product. Great Value Organic Triple Berry Blend, 10 ounces, lot 6040 01-6, best by February 9, 2028, can be discarded or returned for a refund in the active recall. Bags that do not match those details are not brought into the Great Value recall by the official notice.
Freezer storage makes this recall easy to miss because the product’s best-by date extends into 2028. A bag bought months earlier may remain in a household long after the original shopping trip. Checking secondary freezers, shared refrigerators and opened bags matters more than estimating when the berries were purchased.
A matching package should be kept away from food preparation while the household follows the return or disposal instructions. A photograph of the front, lot code and best-by date can preserve evidence before the bag leaves the home. Surfaces and utensils that contacted the berries should be cleaned, and the fruit should not be used in smoothies, baking or cooked dishes as a workaround.
Four dates on a settlement notice
Only one of them is the deadline that matters, and the other three are what make people miss it.
The Settlement & Refund Recovery System includes a 36-page guide, a 5-tab Excel tracker pre-filled with all 51 state unclaimed-property offices and the four-date rule for reading a settlement notice.
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This article was produced with AI assistance and reviewed by a human editor. Figures are linked to their primary sources; where a claim could not be verified from the public record, we say so.
