Salmonella may be in some packages of Costco pepper. Over the last 24 hours, the company has been calling the 140,000 of its customers who may be affected by the potentially contaminated product, according to NBC News. The company has not issued a recall or posted product safety information on its website. The product in question is Kirkland Signature Coarse Ground Malabar Black Pepper with a "best before" date of March 2017. During routine testing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discovered a rare strain, Salmonella Duisburg, in some of the samples, according to NBC. Contaminated spices are an ongoing problem. When the U.S.Department of Agriculture (USDA) studied the prevalence of Salmonella in imported spices from samples produced between 2007 and 2009, the agency found … [Read more...]
Costco Recalls More Foster Farms Chicken For Salmonella
A Costco chicken recall for Salmonella has been expanded. The store on El Camino Real in San Francisco is recalling an additional 14,093 rotisserie chicken products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella linked to a multi-state outbreak, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. These recalled products are in addition to the 9,043 rotisserie chicken products that were recalled on Oct. 12. The products under recall are: 13,455 “Kirkland Signature Foster Farms” rotisserie chickens and 638 total units of “Kirkland Farm” rotisserie chicken soup, rotisserie chicken leg quarters, and rotisserie chicken salad. The problem was discovered through a follow up investigation to the previous recall. The newly … [Read more...]
Costco Berries Recall a No-Go, Townsend Farms Berries Purchasers Left with Unanswered Questions
Updated Recall Information: The recalled product sold at Costco was Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend, 3 lb. bag and UPC 0 78414 404448. The recalled codes are located on the back of the package with the words “BEST BY”; followed by the code T012415 sequentially through T053115, followed by a letter. All of these letter designations are included in this recall for the lot codes listed above. The recalled product sold at Harris Teeter was Harris Teeter Organic Antioxidant Berry Blend, 10 oz. bag UPC 0 72036 70463 4. The correct “Lot” and “best by” codes are as follows: Lot Codes T041613E, T041613C and a “BEST BY” code of 101614. Attorney Fred Pritzker is representing people who contracted Hepatitis A after eating Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend purchased at a Costco … [Read more...]
