Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans Food Markets issued a voluntarily recall on its products containing microgreens, sweet pea leaves and cat grass because of potential salmonella contamination, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Wegmans is voluntarily recalling these products because some of the soil they were grown in, supplied to Wegmans Organic Farm by bio365 of Ithaca, N.Y., tested positive for salmonella by the supplier, according to a news release. This is out of an abundance of caution. No illnesses have been associated with this recall.
Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy people infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
The affected products were sold at various Wegmans stores in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachussetts, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina.
Suspected products include:
- Wegmans Organic Farm & Orchard Micro Greens, a 1.75-ounce package with a universal product code of 77890-25036 and use-by dates of Dec. 17, 2022 and Dec. 24, 2022.
- Wegmans Organic Baby Kale & Baby Spinach with Sweet Pea Leaves, a 5-ounce package with a universal product code of UPC 77890-52377 and a use-by date of Dec. 20, 2022.
- Wegmans Organic Farm & Orchard Cat Grass, one each with a universal product code of 77890-50938, sold since: Oct. 25, 2022.
Wegmans is placing automated phone calls to alert customers who purchased these products using Shoppers Club cards.
Customers should return these products to the service desk for a full refund. Those with questions may contact Wegmans Food Markets at 1-855-934-3663 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends.
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a regional supermarket chain with 109 stores along the East Coast. The family company celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2016.
Wegmans has been named one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” by Fortune magazine for 25 consecutive years, ranking No. 3 in 2022. The company also ranked No. 5 for corporate reputation among the 100 most visible companies, according to the 2022 Axios Harris Poll 100 Reputation Quotient study.
