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# Update: Natural Grocers Recalls All Lots of Organic Garlic Powder for Potential Salmonella Contamination
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2015/03/natural-grocers-recalls-organic-garlic-powder-for-potential-salmonella-contamination/
- Published: 2015-03-18T23:48:33.000Z
- Updated: 2018-07-31T06:16:52.000Z
- Author: News Desk
- Tags: Recalls, food recall, Natural Grocers Organic Garlic Powder, Salmonella, Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets Inc., #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 08:58

*(*Update:* According to a March 18, 2015, [announcement](http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm438935.htm?ref=foodsafetynews.com) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Vitamin Cottage and Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets Inc., a specialty retailer of organic and natural products, is expanding their recall of Natural Grocers brand Organic Garlic Powder to all lots as the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.)* Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets Inc., a Lakewood, CO-based natural grocery chain, is [recalling](http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm434254.htm?ref=foodsafetynews.com) two lots of Natural Grocers brand Organic Garlic Powder as the product has the potential to be contaminated with *Salmonella.*

[![](http://foodsafetynewsfullservice.marlersites.com/files/2015/03/Natural-Grocers-Organic-Garlic-Powder.jpg "Natural Grocers Organic Garlic Powder")](http://foodsafetynewsfullservice.marlersites.com/files/2015/03/Natural-Grocers-Organic-Garlic-Powder-1.jpg?ref=foodsafetynews.com)

This recall was initiated after being notified of positive *Salmonella* findings in product sampled by FDA. The recalled product is packaged in clear plastic bags with Natural Grocers label notating Julian pack on dates and pricing per pound. The product was produced in size ranges of 0.25 pound to 0.30 pound. The lots being recalled are identified by Julian packed on date and include: 351-14 and 006-15 The product was distributed to Natural Grocers’ 95 stores located in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Consumers can find the specific locations of Natural Grocers stores [here](http://www.naturalgrocers.com/store-locations?ref=foodsafetynews.com). Only packages bearing the Julian packed on dates listed above are subject to recall. To date the company has received no reports of illness. Consumers who may have purchased this product should return it to the store for credit or refund. Consumption of products containing *Salmonella* can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with *Salmonella* often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with *Salmonella* can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (e.g., infected aneurysms) endocarditic and arthritis.