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Agency classClass IOur severity:SevereFDA (Food)·F-1389-2020·Announced 2020-09-09

Giant Eagle Recalls MD Dip-Rueben Due to Salmonella Newport Risk

Giant Eagle is recalling MD Dip-Rueben products due to potential contamination with Salmonella Newport in onions and prepared foods containing onions.

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 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum score of 4 per the rubric, and the hazard involves Salmonella, a high-risk pathogen.

Plain-English summary

Giant Eagle is voluntarily recalling MD Dip-Rueben products (PLU# 24659500000) with an expiration date of 8/6/2020. The recall is being conducted 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 product contains cooked corned beef, cream cheese, sour cream, Thousand Island dressing, sauerkraut, yellow onion, and relish.

Consumers who purchased this product should check their refrigerators and discard any MD Dip-Rueben with the specified PLU and expiration date. No specific illness counts or additional distribution details are provided in the source text.

The recalled product

Product
MD Dip-Rueben PLU# 24659500000. Expiration date 8/6/2020. Ingredients: REUBEN DIP [COOKED CORNED BEEF ROUND (CURED WITH UP TO 15% OF A SOLUTION OF: WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM LACTATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, SODIUM DIACETATE, GARLIC POWDER…
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#24659500000

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.

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