Trader Joe’s pulling 3 types of salad off of its shelves

Published 2:41 pm Friday, November 15, 2013

Trader Joe’s officials reported three types of ready-to-eat salad sold in several of their stores have been pulled from the shelves following a California-based company’s recall of food products that could contain E.coli.

The decision comes after Richmond, Calif.-based Glass Onion Catering’s recall of 181,620 pounds of ready-to-eat salads and sandwich wraps with fully-cooked chicken and ham that might have been contaminated with the bacteria. The company reportedly supplies foods to Trader Joe’s Super Fresh Goods and Delish.

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Products from the company were shipped to distribution centers for retail sale in Oregon, Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Washington.

The company’s website said that the Trader Jose’s brand Mexicali Salads with chili lime chicken that have use-by dates through Nov. 15 have been pulled from stores across the aforementioned states.

Additionally, Trader Joe’s Field Fresh Chopped Salad with grilled chicken and Trader Joe’s Classic Greek Salad with the same use-by dates also have been pulled from shelves in Northern California and northern Nevada stores.

“In accordance with our stringent health and safety standards, and as an extreme precaution, all of the potentially affected product has been removed from sale and destroyed,” the company’s site stated.

Customers who have purchased the items should not consume them. The company said customers who return the products will receive a full refund.

E.coli can cause dehydration, bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps. Most affected by the bacterium will recover within a week, but kidney failure can result in extreme cases.

A complete list of foods recalled is available online at www.fsis.usda.gov.

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