Product Safety Notices & Recalls

At Big Y, our goal is to exceed our customers' evolving expectations by constantly seeking better ways to create and deliver World Class service and value. This makes food safety a priority for us. We maintain the highest standards of performance in all areas of our World Class Markets especially when it comes to the well-being of our community.

Current Recalls:

• Shady Glen Cookies & Cream Ice Cream Recall Shady Glen Dairy Bar is recalling Shady Glen Cookies & Cream ice cream that may contain soy, an allergen, which is not on the label. Soy is a common allergen that can cause serios or life-threatening reactions to those who have an allergy and consume the product.
• Purely Elizabeth Chocolate Sea Salt Probiotic Granola Recall Purely Elizabeth is initiating a recall of their Chocolate Sea Salt Probiotic Granola due to a mislabeling error that has resulted in an undeclared allergen (walnuts) being present.
• Egglands Best Hard Cooked Eggs Recall Almark Foods is expanding its recall first announced on December 20, 2019, to include all hard-boiled eggs manufactured at the firm’s Gainesville, Georgia facility, including all retail, pillow pack, pouch pack, frozen diced, and protein kit products, due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
• Ready Pac Bistro and Elavate Bowls The CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to romaine lettuce harvested from the Salinas, California growing region
• Lipton Chicken Soup Recall Unilever United States is recalling a limited quantity of Lipton products that contain chicken from a supplier, which issued a recall on its poultry for potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
• Ready Pac Bistro Santa Fe Recall Missa Bay, LLC, a Swedesboro, N.J. establishment, is recalling approximately 97,272 pounds of salad products that contain meat or poultry because the lettuce ingredient may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

More Resources:

Both FSIS and FDA offer free recall email notifications. By clicking on the links on the FSIS and FDA recall pages, you can sign up for email notifications of all recalls. All you need is a valid email address.

Recalls.gov - Your Online Resource for Recalls - http://www.recalls.gov/

FDA's Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts Page - http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/default.htm

USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service Current Recalls and Alerts - http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fsis_Recalls/Open_Federal_Cases/index.asp

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