FDA Elevates Salata Dressing Recall to Class 1 After 1,700 Cases Distributed
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 3
FDA Elevates Salata Dressing Recall to Class 1 After 1,700 Cases Distributed
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 3
Summary
Tuesday’s Class 1 designation means Salata Dressings’ recalled Jalapeño Avocado Dressing could cause serious health consequences or death if contaminated with salmonella.
More than 1,700 cases were distributed in Georgia, North Carolina and Texas after the Houston company’s August voluntary recall tied the product to potentially contaminated diced jalapeños.
Recalled products include 12.5-ounce bottles with best-by dates of Nov. 5, 13, 18 or 25, 2026, and one-gallon jugs dated Oct. 6, 14, 20 and 26.
No illnesses have been reported from the dressing, though the broader jalapeño-pepper outbreak sickened 488 people and hospitalized 65 across 34 states before officials declared it over Friday.
FDA and CDC said an unidentified grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, supplying Coast Citrus Distributors was the likely source of that wider outbreak.