FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A produce supplier’s problems with listeria and salmonella could cause recalls over the next week.
It started with six recalls, mostly of ready-to-eat salads with possibly contaminated corn sold by major retailers including Walmart, 7-11, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said 738 pounds of ready-to-eat salads that contain corn may be contaminated with salmonella and listeria
No illnesses have been reported related to the recalled corn.
The food agency said the problem was discovered Monday when GHSE was notified that the corn was being recalled by their supplier due to contamination concerns. The same day, GH Foods of Sacramento, California, recalled approximately 940 pounds of ready-to-eat salad sold at Whole Foods.
A separate but similar recall for about 916 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken wrap and salad products containing possibly tainted corn was issued by Mary’s Harvest Fresh Foods, Portland, Oregon, for products sold under its own brand as well as Trader Jose, Trader Joe’s house brand for Mexican food.
On its website, Trader Joe’s posted a recall for the Trader Jose’s salad and two of its house brand salads.
Tuesday night, two kinds of 7-Eleven salads sold only in Texas were recalled, “Prime Deli Corporation received notification that the corn used in the production of their Southwest Style Salad with Bacon was being recalled by their corn supplier due to Listeria monocytogenes and salmonella concerns.”
That means all that specific corn supplier’s customers now have listeria and salmonella concerns, as happened with whey powder in July and chocolate chip cookie dough in 2016.
RECALL LIST:
- Walmart brand Marketside’s “Fiesta Salad with Steak” comes in 15.25-ounce plastic clamshells with use-by-dates of Oct. 17 through Oct. 20, and were shipped to retail locations in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. The salad labels have the establishment number “EST. 45781” printed inside the USDA inspection mark
- Prime Deli’s 7-Eleven Bistro Southwest Style Salad with Bacon in 9.6-ounce and 11.2 ounce clamshells which went to retail stores in Texas. Best By dates “Tuesday 1016.” Questions about Prime Deli’s recall can be directed to Luis Aguilar, Prime Deli Corporation Quality Assurance Manager, at 817-360-8483.
- GH Foods recalled 9.75-ounce clamshells of “Santa Fe Style Salad with Chicken” with Best If Sold By dates from 10/17/18 and 10/18/18; 10-ounce clamshells of 365 by Whole Foods Market BBQ Style Chopped Salad with Chicken and 8-ounce clamshells of 365 by Whole Foods Market Chicken Fajita Salad, each with Best if Sold By dates of 10/17/18 to 10/20/18; and 6-pound bagged BBQ Style Salad Kit with White Chicken, Use By dates from 10/17/18 to 10/22/18. Consumers with questions about GH Foods recall can call GH Foods Vice President of Communications Nelia Alamo, 916-638-8825.
- GHSE recalled 15.25-ounce clamshells with Marketside Fiesta Salad With Steak. Use By dates 10/17/2018 to 10/20/2018. Consumers with questions can contact Shelby Chih, the Supply Chain Quality Manager for Renaissance Food Group, at 916-638-8825.
- Mary’s Harvest recalled Mary’s Harvest Southwest Chicken Wrap w/Rib Meat with Use By dates of 10/15/18 through 10/23/18 and plastic 11-ounce clamshells of Trader Jose’s Mexicali Inspired Salad with Chili Seasoned Chicken. Best By dates 10/15/2018 through 10/19/2018. Shipped to retail stores in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Trader Joe’s Mexicali salad also went to Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. Customers with questions can phone Mary’s Harvest Fresh Foods General Manager Tim Kraus at 503-808-9444.
