Whole Foods Recalls Packaged Curry Chicken Salad, Classic Deli Pasta Salad

By DANIEL HUBBARD

Whole Foods Market is recalling bulk and packaged Curry Chicken Salad and Classic Deli Pasta sold in stores in seven states, including New York , the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday.

The salads could be contaminated with listeria, which has been known to cause fatal infections in young children, the elderly and individuals with weakened immune systems.

The prepackaged salads were sold in chef’s cases and in sandwiches and wraps prepared in the stores between Sunday and Friday and have a sell-by date of Saturday, Oct. 23.

A sampling of the products tested positive for listeria during a routine inspection of Whole Food’s Market North American kitchen facility, the FDA said.

However, no illnesses have been reported.

Customers who purchased the product should throw it away and bring their receipts to Whole Foods for a full refund.

There is one Whole Foods Market in Brooklyn — at 214 3rd St. in Gowanus — and nine in Manhattan.

In addition to New York, the salads were sold in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

The products with the following UPC codes have been recalled: 285551, 263144, 263126, 261068, 263142, 265325, 260976, 270742, 0364063000017, and 036406302646.

From the FDA press release:

Whole Foods Market of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is recalling bulk and packaged Curry Chicken Salad and Classic Deli Pasta Salad sold in stores in ME, NH, MA, RI, CT, NY and NJ because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria Monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. Consumers should seek immediate medical care if they develop these symptoms.