Green Cuisine Recalls Poultry Salads Due to Foreign Matter Contamination
Green Cuisine is recalling approximately 65,621 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken and turkey salads sold at Trader Joe's due to possible contamination with hard silica and glass fragments.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly classifies the recall as 'High - Class I' and 'Class I'. According to the rubric, USDA Class I recalls are assigned a severity score of 4 (Severe), regardless of the fact that no injuries have been reported.
Plain-English summary
Green Cuisine, a San Fernando, California establishment, is recalling approximately 65,621 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken and turkey salad products. The recall was initiated because the products may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically hard silica and glass fragments. The affected items are sold under the Trader Joe's brand and include White Meat Chicken Salad, Curried White Chicken Deli Salad, and Turkey Cranberry Apple Salad.
The recalled products were produced between November 4 and November 15, 2017, and bear a "Use By" date of November 10 to 21, 2017. These items were shipped to retail locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Louisiana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington. The issue was identified after the company received consumer complaints and notified the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on November 17, 2017.
FSIS has not received reports of injury or illness from the consumption of these products. Consumers who have purchased these items are urged not to consume them and should throw them away or return them to the place of purchase. For more information, consumers can contact the FSIS Consumer Affairs Group at (855) 215-5128 or visit AskKaren.gov.
The recalled product
- Product
- Green Cuisine Recalls Poultry Products Due To Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
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