Giant Eagle Recalls MD Salad Bar Red Onion Due to Salmonella Risk
Giant Eagle is recalling MD Salad Bar Red Onion products with an expiration date of 7/31/2020 due to potential contamination with Salmonella Newport.
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
Giant Eagle is recalling MD Salad Bar Red Onion products with an expiration date of 7/31/2020. The product contains raw red onion and was produced and sold in Giant Eagle and Market District locations in Indiana, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
The recall is being issued due to potential contamination with Salmonella Newport in onions and prepared foods containing onions. This is an FDA Class I recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Consumers who purchased this product should stop using it immediately and return it to the store of purchase for a refund or dispose of it. No specific lot numbers or quantities are provided in the source text.
The recalled product
- Product
- MD Salad Bar-Red Onion. Expiration date 7/31/2020 Ingredients: raw red onion
- Manufacturer
- Giant Eagle
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
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 (1)
- N/A
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 54 recalled by Giant Eagle 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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