Salad product recall over E. coli bacteria impacts 22 states

A New Jersey company has recalled nearly 100,000 pounds of salad, some of it distributed to Illinois retailers, because it may be contaminated with E.coli, federal inspectors announced Thursday.

The recall includes various ready-made salads sold under store brands from Walmart, Target, Aldi, Sam’s Club, Domino’s Pizza and others. A full list of affected products can be found here.

Missa Bay LLC has recalled 97,272 pounds of salad products that contain meat or poultry because the lettuce ingredient may be contaminated with E.coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said.

The products, some of which tested positive for E.coli, were produced between Oct. 14 and 16.

Federal food safety inspectors are concerned that some product may still be in distribution centers, restaurants or institutional refrigerators or freezers. Restaurants and institutions that have purchased these products are urged not to serve them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.