Whole Foods Recalls Goat Cheese Salad Due to Salmonella Risk
Whole Foods Market is recalling Goat Cheese Salad with Mandarin Orange and Candied Cashews because it may be contaminated with Salmonella.
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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Whole Foods Market is voluntarily recalling specific units of Goat Cheese Salad with Mandarin Orange and Candied Cashews packaged in plastic nonflexible containers. The recall is being issued because the product is potentially contaminated with Salmonella.
The affected product is sold in 16-unit packages. The recall covers products with the code 0272681 and sell-by dates of January 24, 2019, January 26, 2019, January 27, 2019, or January 28, 2019. The product was distributed in Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island.
Consumers who have purchased this product should check their pantries for the specific sell-by dates and codes listed above. If they have the affected product, they should discard it or return it to the store of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Goat Cheese Salad with Mandarin Orange and Candied Cashews packaged in plastic nonflexible containers
- Manufacturer
- Whole Foods Market
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 16
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)
- 0272681
- 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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