BJ's Wholesale Club Recalls American Substitute Turkey Deli Items
BJ's Wholesale Club is recalling American Substitute Turkey deli items sold in eight states due to potential cross-contact with pistachio-containing mortadella.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves allergen mislabeling/cross-contact with pistachios (a tree nut, a common allergen) on a ready-to-eat product, which aligns with the 'High' severity criteria for allergen issues.
Plain-English summary
BJ's Wholesale Club is recalling 3FT American Substitute Turkey deli service items. The recall affects 5 units of the product sold at 71 BJ's locations in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The items were sold between January 20, 2016, and February 3, 2016.
The recall was initiated because the turkey may have been sliced on the same equipment used for mortadella containing pistachios. This creates a risk of cross-contact with a common allergen.
Consumers who purchased this product should check their deli items and discard them if they match the description. No specific lot numbers are provided in the source text, so consumers should rely on the product name and the dates of sale.
The recalled product
- Product
- 3FT American Substitute Turkey. This is a deli service item
- Manufacturer
- Bj Wholesale Club
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Affected units
- 5
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 71 recalled by Bj Wholesale Club under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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