Herold's Salads is recalling its potato salad products and several other items amid concerns they may have been contaminated with listeria, a potentially lethal bacteria, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said.
The Ohio-based company said on Saturday, December 16, that a number of its assorted deli salads, including potato salads, had been recalled due to the potential contamination.
"There have been no reported illnesses or adverse health effects reported to date", a Herold's Salads spokesperson said in a company announcement shared with the FDA.
Despite this, the company is proactively recalling specific batches to which the risk applies that were sold in locations across Ohio.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), listeriosis is a serious infection that is caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium listeria monocytogenes. An estimated 1,600 people in the U.S. contract listeriosis each year and 260 die.
The CDC said: "The infection is most likely to sicken pregnant women and their newborns, adults aged 65 or older, and people with weakened immune systems."
Listeria monocytogenes can cause a fever, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea; it may even lead to stillbirth in severe cases.
The FDA said anyone who is experiencing any of these symptoms should seek medical attention immediately.
List of Recalled Products
The full list of the products recalled by Harold's Salads:
- Southern Potato Salad; Best Before: 1/14/2024-1/16/2024
- Original Potato Salad; Best Before: 1/14/2024-1/16/2024
- Original Potato Salad with Egg; Best Before: 1/14/2024-1/16/2024
- Rotini Garden Medley; Best Before: 1/14/2024-1/16/2024
- Greek Orzo; Best Before: 1/14/2024
- Black Bean and Corn Salsa; Best Before: 01/14/2024
- Fireland Deli Potato Salad; Best Before: 01/26/2024
- Amish Macaroni Salad; Best Before: 01/17/2024
- Amish Potato Salad; Best Before: 01/17/2024
- Original Macaroni Salad; Best Before: 01/14/2024-1/16/2024
- Poppyseed Pasta Salad; Best Before: 1/6/2024
- Amish Wedding Rotini Garden Medley; Best Before: 01/14/2024
- Amish Wedding Potato Salad; Best Before: 1/24/2024
- Amish Wedding Macaroni Salad; Best Before: 1/19/2024
- Amish Wedding Diced Cucumber Salad; Best Before: 01/23/2024
- Amish Macaroni Salad (Dutch Valley); Best Before: 1/19/2024
- Amish Potato Salad (Dutch Valley); Best Before: 1/19/2024
Newsweek has contacted Herold's Salads via email for additional comment.
Federal agencies issued around a dozen food-related recalls in the first week of December.
Newsweek previously reported that the Quaker Oats Company had recalled granola bars and granola cereals sold across the U.S. Puerto Rico, Guam, and Saipan due to potential salmonella contamination. The recall included many of Quaker Oats' popular "Chewy Bars" and "Dipps."
Last month, several food manufacturers recalled whole and cut cantaloupes and melon products after a number of hospitalizations and deaths from salmonella were recorded across the U.S.
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