Whole Foods Turkey Sandwiches Recalled for Salmonella Contamination
Whole Foods Market is recalling Turkey with Spinach & Feta Sandwiches due to potential Salmonella contamination. The affected products were sold in eight northeastern and southeastern states.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
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 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Whole Foods Market is voluntarily recalling Turkey with Spinach & Feta Sandwiches packaged in plastic nonflexible containers. The recall is being issued because the product is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. The affected items are identified by the code 0278131 and have sell-by dates of January 24, 2019, January 26, 2019, January 27, 2019, or January 28, 2019.
The recall covers 19 units of the product that were distributed in Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. The agency has classified this recall as Class I, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Consumers who have purchased these specific sandwiches should discard them or return them to the store of purchase. The source text does not report any specific illnesses or injuries associated with this recall.
The recalled product
- Product
- Turkey with Spinach & Feta Sandwich packaged in plastic nonflexible containers
- Manufacturer
- Whole Foods Market
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 19
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (5)
- 0278131
- Sell by Date 1/24/19
- 1/26/19
- 1/27/19
- 1/28/19
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 34 recalled by Whole Foods Market 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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