Giant Eagle Cucumber Tomato Salad Recalled for Salmonella Newport Risk
Giant Eagle is recalling Cucumber Tomato Salad due to potential Salmonella Newport contamination in onions. Consumers in five states should discard the product.
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 minimum severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Giant Eagle is recalling MD Salad Bar Cucumber Tomato Salad with an expiration date of 07/31/2020. The recall is issued due to potential contamination with Salmonella Newport in onions and prepared foods containing onions.
The affected product was produced and sold in Giant Eagle and Market District locations in Indiana, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The salad contains cucumber, tomatoes, oil blend, onions, vinegar, dill weed, salt, and pepper.
Consumers who purchased this product should discard it or return it to the store of purchase. No specific lot numbers or unit counts are provided in the source text.
The recalled product
- Product
- MD Salad Bar- Cucumber Tomato Salad. Expiration 07/31/2020. Ingredients:SALAD [CUCUMBER, TOMATOES, OIL BLEND (CANOLA OIL, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL), ONIONS, VINEGAR (RED WINE VINEGAR (DILUTED WITH WATER TO 5% ACIDITY), POTASSIUM METABISULFITE (PRESERVATIVE)), DILL WEED, SALT…
- Manufacturer
- Giant Eagle
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
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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