Corn in Whole Foods and Trader Joe's Salads Prompts Recall Over Salmonella Concerns

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Ready-to-eat salads sold at Trader Joe’s, Walmart, Whole Foods and 7-Eleven are being recalled due to possiblesalmonella and listeria contamination.

On Wednesday,the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Serviceannounced more than 2,800 pounds of the salads may have been compromised from food suppliers GHSE, Prime Deli Corporation, Mary’s Harvest Fresh Foods, Inc., and GH Foods CA.

Each of these salads contains corn that has potentially been contaminated and the products were all produced earlier this month.

There is also a currentsalmonella outbreaklinked to chicken products, but the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has not been able to name a specific brand associated with it.

TheCDC reportedon Wednesday that 92 people have been infected with a strain of the bacteria, which is resistant to multiple types of antibiotics. Of the infected people, 21 were hospitalized but no deaths have been reported.

Symptoms of salmonella include diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps. Though most people recover without treatment, young children and older adults are at a greater risk.

source: people.com