The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-1368-2020·Announced 2020-09-09

Giant Eagle Recalls Greek Salad for Potential Salmonella Newport Contamination

Giant Eagle is recalling Greek Salad products due to potential contamination with Salmonella Newport in onions and prepared foods containing onions.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Salmonella) without reported illness, which corresponds to a score of 3 (High) per the rubric, despite the agency's Class I classification.

Plain-English summary

Giant Eagle is recalling its Greek Salad Small products (PLU#20500200000) with an expiration date of 8/4/2020. The recall is issued due to potential contamination with Salmonella Newport in onions and prepared foods containing onions.

The affected products were produced and sold in Giant Eagle and Market District locations in Indiana, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The product ingredients include chick peas, cucumber, romaine lettuce, spring mix, feta cheese, pitted Kalamata olives, grape tomatoes, and red onion.

Consumers who have purchased this product should check their refrigerators and discard the product or return it to the store of purchase for a refund. No specific illness counts or additional distribution details are provided in the source text.

The recalled product

Product
Greek Salad Small PLU#20500200000. Expiration date 8/4/2020. Ingredients:GREEK SALAD [CHICK PEAS (CHICK PEAS, WATER, SALT, DISODIUM EDTA (TO PRESERVE COLOR)), CUCUMBER, ROMAINE LETTUCE, SPRING MIX (GREEN LEAVES [FRISEE, WILD ARUGULA, MACHE], RED LEAVES [RADICCHIO], MAY CONTAIN T
Manufacturer
Giant Eagle

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)

  • PLU#20500200000

Distribution

Distributed in 5 states:

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.

See all 54 products in this recall →