J&J Distributing of St. Paul, MN, is recalling 136 pounds of ready-to-eat salad products that contain meat because of misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products contain pine nuts, a known allergen, which are not declared on the
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Even though state officials have found E. coli in romaine lettuce in an unopened package of Ready Pac salad, the federal CDC says their investigation has not determined the source of an eight-state outbreak.

If it is the romaine, it will be the fifth outbreak linked to that specific leafy
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At least 20 people in Wisconsin have E. coli infections that could be linked to an outbreak in Maryland that has been traced to ready-to-eat romaine lettuce salads. Some officials, however, say a specific cause  of the Wisconsin outbreak has not yet been determined.

In a Twitter post the head
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A Texas subsidiary of California’s Taylor Farms is recalling more than a half ton of H.E.B. brand salads because they do not comply with federal law requiring that seafood, a known allergen, be declared on food labels.

The specific seafood involved is anchovies, which are an ingredient in the company’s
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Russ Davis Wholesale is recalling more than 700 pounds of packaged “Crazy Fresh” and “Jerry’s” brand chicken caesar salads that it sent to retailers in nine states, according to a notice posted by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

The salads contain known allergens, specifically milk and anchovy ingredients,
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For the second time in two months, kale salad kits packaged under the Eat Smart brand are under recall because government sampling testing returned positive results for Listeria monocytogenes.

Canadian officials did not report how many individual salad kits are affected by the recall. They also did not report
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UPDATED Dec. 25 with new product information: This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

Brand Name Common Name Size Code(s) on Product UPC
Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups
– Tropical Lime
152 g Best Before DEC 29 2018 DE 29
112 346


Continue Reading Salad bowls recalled in U.S., Canada after government tests find listeria

Eat Smart kale salad kits are under recall in Canada because government sample testing returned positive results for Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Apio Inc., headquartered in Guadalupe, CA, owns the Eat Smart brand, but it is not mentioned in the recall notice posted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The CFIA
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A company that makes food for 7-Eleven stores is recalling more than 200 pounds of ready-to-eat salads because of potential contamination with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.

Prime Deli Corp. of Lewisville, TX, produced the salads on Oct. 13. The salads have the “best-by” date of Oct. 16. Prime Deli
Continue Reading Prime Deli Corp. recalls 7-Eleven salads for risk of Listeria, Salmonella in corn