Costco recalls salmon over concerns about listeria contamination
Costco is recalling salmon after the supplier warned it could be contaminated with listeria — just days after the wholesale retailer pulled meat and poultry items from its shelves over fears they could be tainted.
Acme Smoked Fish Corp, the provider of the salmon, sent a notice to Costco customers informing them of a “voluntary recall on certain packages” of the fish product “due to potential contamination.”
Eduardo Carbajosa, CEO of Acme Smoked Fish Corp, wrote in his letter that customers who bought salmon with Lot number 8512801270 must refrain from consuming the product and that they should return the package to Costco in order to get a refund.
The notice was sent to Costco members who made the purchase sometime between Oct. 9 and Oct. 13.
“We regret this unfortunate incident and have taken immediate corrective steps to ensure that this issue never happens again,” Carbajosa wrote in his note to customers.
The Post has sought comment from Costco.
In the past several weeks, Costco initiated a recall of several items over listeria concerns. On Oct. 11, the company announced that Rana Chicken Truffle Carbonara and Tagliatelle Grilled White Chicken & Portobello Mushroom Sauce had been recalled.
Last week, Costco said it had recalled Readywise 110 Serving Emergency Protein Bucket and Red’s Southwestern Grill Chicken Mini Burritos.
Just days before, it recalled 10 lots of El Monterey Mexican Grill Chicken & Cheese Taquitos.
Readywise’s notice said the recall was “due to the potential Listeria contamination in the chicken provided by one of our suppliers.”
The company, based out of Salt Lake City, Utah, urged customers not to consume the product, but rather return it to Costco for a full refund.
Rana Meal Solutions and El Monterey chicken taquitos are manufactured by BrucePac, the Oklahoma-based company which ordered a recall of 10 million pounds of product after Department of Agriculture investigators found cases of suspected listeria contamination.
Earlier this week, TreeHouse Foods, a major food processing company based in Oak Brook, Ill., recalled frozen waffle products from supermarket freezer shelves due to potential listeria contamination.
Last month, Boar’s Head, the deli meats producer, was forced to indefinitely shutter a large manufacturing facility in Virginia after it was determined to be the source of a listeria outbreak that contaminated millions of pounds of brand products.
Several people died and scores more were hospitalized across 18 states after consuming Boar’s Head products feared to be contaminated, according to health authorities.
Listeria infection can cause severe illness and even death in particularly vulnerable populations such as the elderly and pregnant women.
The Costco recalls happened at around the same time that thousands of McDonald’s locations in the Western part of the country temporarily ceased serving Quarter Pounder burgers after one person who consumed the sandwich died and several others fell ill.
The Food and Drug Administration suspects that onions supplied to the fast food chain by Taylor Farms are the source of E. coli contamination that caused the diners to get sick.
A Colorado-based McDonald’s customer who claims that he was hospitalized due to E. coli infection after ordering a Quarter Pounder from a local restaurant in Greeley has filed suit against the Chicago-based company.
E. coli is a bacteria that can lead to distressing symptoms such as abdominal cramps, diarrhea, nausea and fatigue. Severe cases can lead to organ damage and even death.
