A vegetable mix, which is thought to be the source of E. coli in Costco chicken salad, has been recalled. The FDA said a farm in California recalled the celery and onion mix used in the chicken salad, that has been linked to an E.coli outbreak which has sickened 19 people in seven states.
The retailer has a single supplier of the vegetables it uses in its chicken salads sold throughout at all United States stores.
Costco pulled the chicken salad off store shelves nationwide, posted signs in its stores and provided detailed purchase logs to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help it track who bought the product and where the salad ingredients came from.
In addition to the Costco chicken salad, the produce was in dozens of products sold at a number of major stores, including Target, Wal-Mart, Vons, Albertsons and Starbucks.
The initial illnesses were linked to chicken salad sold at Costco, however Taylor Farms Pacific is acting “out of an abundance of caution” by recalling all of the blend, which was distributed to Target, Walmart, Starbucks, Safeway and other grocery stores for use in prepared deli foods.
Source: albanydailystar.com