Sunflower Seeds, Snacks, And Salads Recalled For Possible Listeria Contamination
Whenever we forget how interconnected the American food system is, a recall of a single basic ingredient happens to remind us. Today, the pathogen is Listeria, and the basic food item is sunflower seeds. They’re a tasty snack item by themselves, as well as a common ingredient in trail mixes and a crunchy salad topping. Seeds from a single supplier may be contaminated, and now everything from kale salads to trail mix flavored candy have been recalled.
Listeria is a potentially serious foodborne illness because of its ability to escape the digestive tract and hang out in the bloodstream. In healthy people, it might cause gastrointestinal distress, fever, severe headache, and stiff muscles. Possible complications include miscarriages or stillbirths in pregnant women, and meningitis for people who are very old, very young, or immunocompromised.
JUST SUNFLOWER KERNELS
Kroger Sunflower Kernels
Kroger Salad Toppers Sunflower Kernels
Market District bulk sunflower seeds: Carmel, IN; central Ohio; Pittsburgh; and Northeast Ohio
Dakota’s Best Biggy’s Roasted and Salted Kernels
Planters Sunflower Kernels
Southern Grove (Aldi)
Natures Harvest (Roasted and Salted and Ranch Flavored)
AmportNaturally SelectSmart SenseNice (Walgreens/Duane Reade)
Gold Emblem (CVS)
SALADS
Trader Joe’s Broccoli Slaw & Kale Salad With White Meat Chicken
TRAIL MIXES
Kroger Cranberry Delight Trail Mix
Best Choice Dark Chocolate Cranberry (Associated Wholesale Grocers)
Best Choice Mountain Trail Mix
Natures Harvest Afternoon Snack Blend
K&G Southwest Trail Mix
COOKIES AND CANDIES
Mountain Thins “Trail Mix” Flavor
GRANOLA AND PROTEIN BARS
Best Choice Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Best Choice Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Best Choice Trail Mix Fruit and Nut Bars
Eating Right (Lucerne) Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Eating Right (Lucerne) Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Family Gourmet Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Food Club Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Food Club Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Food Club Sweet and Salty Almond Bars
Food Club White Chocolate Chip Pretzel Bars
FoodHold Sweet and Salty Almond Bars
Gold Emblem Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Great Value Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Great Value Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Great Value Sweet & Salty Almond Bars
Great Value Trail Mix Fruit and Nut Bars
HyVee Peanut Choc Chunk Pretzel Bars
HyVee Sweet and Salty Almond Bars
HyVee Trail Mix Fruit and Nut Bars
Meijer Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Meijer Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Meijer Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Meijer Sweet and Salty Almond Bars
Meijer Peanut Chocolate chunk Pretzel Bars
Meijer White Chocolate Chip Pretzel Bars
PCC Sweet and Salty Almond Bars
Our Family Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Our Family Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Our Family Sweet and Salty Almond Bars
Publix Sweet and Salty Almond Bars
Roundy Sweet and Salty Almond Chewy Bars
Roundy Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Bars
Roundy Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
ShurFine Sweet and Salty Almond Chewy Bars
Signature Kitchen Chocolate Chip Pretzel Bars
Signature Kitchen Trail Mix Bars
Signature Kitchen White Chocolate Chip Pretzel Bars
Spartan Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Spartan Sweet and Salty Almond Bars
Super Value Essential Everyday Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Super Value Essential Everyday Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Super Value Essential Everyday Sweet and Salty Almond Bars
Super Value Essential Everyday Trail Mix Bars
Tops Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars
Tops Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Protein BarsTops Sweet and Salty Almond Bars
Western Family Sweet and Salty Almond Bars
OTHER NUTS
Nature’s Harvest whole, slivered, and sliced almonds
Southern Grove (Aldi) Dry roasted almonds (salted and unsalted)
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