Dozens of prepared food items sold at supermarkets and convenience stores across the U.S. have been recalled because they contain jalapeño peppers that may be contaminated with salmonella.
It does not appear that the implicated jalapeños were sold whole in grocery store produce aisles, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Rather, they were shipped to restaurants and food service companies and used in a variety of prepared food products served across much of the U.S. These include dips like pico de gallo and guacamole; sandwiches, wraps, and enchiladas; and salads and bowls with chicken and beef, among others.
The recalled products were sold under a variety of brand names at Albertsons, Dillons, H-E-B, Hannaford, Kroger, Publix, RaceTrac, Randalls, Stop & Shop, Target, Tom Thumb, Trader Joe’s, Walmart, Wawa, and Whole Foods stores.
You can find lists of the specific products on the FDA’s website, the Department of Agriculture’s website, and Publix’s website. Whole Foods has also released a list of its recalled products. It appears that many of the prepared foods were distributed to the stores by Taylor Farms and Greencore USA/Bakkavor USA, although most of the products were sold under different brand names or without a brand name at all.
The jalapeños were grown in northwest Mexico and supplied by Coast Citrus Distributors, a large-scale wholesaler of fruits and vegetables.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has linked jalapeños from this company served in dishes at Mexican-style restaurants, particularly Chipotle and Qdoba, to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 345 people in 27 states since June. However, no illnesses to date have been linked to the recalled jalapeño-containing prepared foods.
In late July, Chipotle switched its jalapeño supplier and Qdoba stopped serving jalapeños. As a result, the FDA and the CDC say they don’t consider there to be a current ongoing risk from eating at these restaurants.
SOURCE: CR
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