The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-1402-2020·Announced 2020-09-09

Giant Eagle Recalls 12-Inch Vegetable Pizza for Potential Salmonella Contamination

Giant Eagle is recalling 12-inch vegetable pizzas due to potential Salmonella Newport contamination in onions. Consumers should not eat the product.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class II

Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

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 3/5 (High).

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 meets the criteria for a High severity score.

Plain-English summary

Giant Eagle is recalling 12-inch vegetable pizzas (PLU# 25086700000) with an expiration date of 8/5/2020. The recall is 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 onions, which are the source of the potential contamination.

Consumers should not eat the recalled product. Those who have purchased the item should discard it or return it to the store of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
12" VEGETABLE PIZZA (INDEPENDENT PLU) PLU# 25086700000. Expiration date 8/5/2020. Ingredients: 12" VEGETABLE PIZZA [SPREAD (CREAM CHEESE [PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK & CREAM, SALT, STABILIZERS (XANTHAN, CAROB BEAN, AND/OR GUAR GUMS)], MAYONNAISE [SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, EGGS, EGG…
Manufacturer
Giant Eagle

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Lot numbers (1)

  • PLU#25086700000

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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