Costco recalls salmon in latest listeria contamination fear

Costco is recalling salmon aft nan supplier warned it could beryllium contaminated pinch listeria — conscionable days aft nan wholesale retailer pulled nutrient and poultry items from its shelves complete fears they could beryllium tainted.

Acme Smoked Fish Corp, nan supplier of nan salmon, sent a announcement to Costco customers informing them of a “voluntary callback connected definite packages” of nan food merchandise “due to imaginable contamination.”

Eduardo Carbajosa, CEO of Acme Smoked Fish Corp, wrote successful his missive that customers who bought salmon pinch Lot number 8512801270 must refrain from consuming nan merchandise and that they should return nan package to Costco successful bid to get a refund.

The announcement was sent to Costco members who made nan acquisition sometime betwixt Oct. 9 and Oct. 13.

“We regret this unfortunate incident and person taken contiguous corrective steps to guarantee that this rumor ne'er happens again,” Carbajosa wrote successful his statement to customers.

The Post has sought remark from Costco.

In nan past respective weeks, Costco initiated a callback of respective items complete listeria concerns. On Oct. 11, nan institution 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 tons of El Monterey Mexican Grill Chicken & Cheese Taquitos.

Readywise’s announcement said nan callback was “due to nan imaginable Listeria contamination successful nan chickenhearted provided by 1 of our suppliers.”

The company, based retired of Salt Lake City, Utah, urged customers not to devour nan product, but alternatively return it to Costco for a afloat refund.

Rana Meal Solutions and El Monterey chickenhearted taquitos are manufactured by BrucePac, nan Oklahoma-based institution which ordered a callback of 10 cardinal pounds of merchandise after Department of Agriculture investigators recovered cases of suspected listeria contamination.

Earlier this week, TreeHouse Foods, a awesome nutrient processing institution based successful Oak Brook, Ill., recalled stiff waffle products from supermarket freezer shelves owed to imaginable listeria contamination.

Last month, Boar’s Head, nan deli meats producer, was forced to indefinitely shutter a ample manufacturing installation successful Virginia aft it was wished to beryllium nan root of a listeria outbreak that contaminated millions of pounds of marque products.

Several group died and scores much were hospitalized crossed 18 states aft consuming Boar’s Head products feared to beryllium contaminated, according to wellness authorities.

Listeria infection tin origin terrible unwellness and moreover decease successful peculiarly susceptible populations specified arsenic nan aged and pregnant women.

The Costco recalls happened astatine astir nan aforesaid clip that thousands of McDonald’s locations successful nan Western portion of nan country temporarily ceased serving Quarter Pounder burgers aft 1 personification who consumed nan sandwich died and respective others fell ill.

The Food and Drug Administration suspects that onions supplied to nan accelerated nutrient concatenation by Taylor Farms are nan root of E. coli contamination that caused nan diners to get sick.

A Colorado-based McDonald’s customer who claims that he was hospitalized owed to E. coli infection aft ordering a Quarter Pounder from a section edifice successful Greeley has revenge suit against nan Chicago-based company.

E. coli is simply a germs that tin lead to distressing symptoms specified arsenic abdominal cramps, diarrhea, nausea and fatigue. Severe cases tin lead to organ harm and moreover death.