The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-1115-2019·Announced 2019-03-06

Whole Foods Bistro Pasta Salad Recalled for Salmonella Contamination

Whole Foods Market is recalling Bistro Pasta Salad packaged in plastic nonflexible containers due to potential Salmonella contamination. The product was distributed 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 FDA has classified this recall as Class I, which is the most serious classification indicating a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

Plain-English summary

Whole Foods Market is recalling Bistro Pasta Salad packaged in plastic nonflexible containers because the product is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. The recall involves 50.49 units of the product.

The affected product was distributed in Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. Consumers should look for the code 0270265 and sell-by dates of January 24, 2019, January 26, 2019, January 27, 2019, or January 28, 2019.

Consumers who have purchased this product should stop consuming it and dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase. The FDA has classified this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.

The recalled product

Product
Bistro Pasta Salad packaged in plastic nonflexible containers
Manufacturer
Whole Foods Market

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)

  • 0270265
  • Sell by Date 1/24/19
  • 1/26/19
  • 1/27/19
  • 1/28/19

Distribution

Distributed in 8 states:

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.

See all 34 products in this recall →

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