Giant Eagle Potato and Cheese Pierogies Recalled for Salmonella Risk
Giant Eagle is recalling Potato and Cheese Pierogies 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 corresponds to a High severity score per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Giant Eagle is recalling Potato and Cheese Pierogies (Independent PLU) with PLU#25118000000 and 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 onions, which are identified as the source of the potential contamination.
Consumers who have purchased this product should not eat it. They should discard the product or return it to the store of purchase for a refund.
The recalled product
- Product
- POTATO AND CHEESE PIEROGIES (INDEPENDENT PLU)PLU#25118000000. Expiration date 8/5/2020. Ingredients: POTATO & CHEESE PIEROGIES [PIEROGI [WATER, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), POTATO FLAKES (POTATOES, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM ACID…
- Manufacturer
- Giant Eagle
- Category
- Food — Prepared Foods
- 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)
- PLU#25118000000
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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