A California meals producer is recalling 1000’s of instances of salad dressing distributed to main retailers over potential contamination from “overseas objects.”
The corporate, Irvine-based Ventura Meals, recalled 3,556 instances of the dressing that might be contaminated by “black plastic planting materials” within the granulated onion used, in line with an alert issued by the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration.
Ventura Meals voluntarily initiated the recall of the product, which was offered at Costco, Publix and several other different retailers throughout 27 states, in line with the FDA.
Not one of the 42 places the place the product was offered had been in California.
Ventura Meals mentioned it issued the recall after one among its ingredient suppliers recalled a batch of onion granules that the corporate had used n a few of its dressings.
“Upon receiving discover of the provider’s recall, we acted with urgency to take away all doubtlessly impacted product from {the marketplace}. This consists of urging our prospects, their distributors and retailers to evaluate their stock, segregate and cease the additional sale and distribution of any merchandise topic to the recall,” mentioned firm spokesperson Eniko Bolivar-Murphy in an emailed assertion. “The protection of our merchandise is and can at all times be our prime precedence.”
The FDA issued its preliminary recall alert in early November. Costco additionally alerted prospects at the moment, noting that prospects might return the merchandise to shops for a full refund. The affected merchandise had sell-by dates between Oct. 17 and Nov. 9.
The corporate recalled the next sorts of salad dressing:
- Creamy Poblano Avocado Ranch Dressing and Dip
- Ventura Caesar Dressing
- Pepper Mill Regal Caesar Dressing
- Pepper Mill Creamy Caesar Dressing
- Caesar Dressing served at Costco Service Deli
- Caesar Dressing served at Costco Meals Court docket
- Hidden Valley, Buttermilk Ranch
