SYRACUSE -- Wegmans Food Markets, is recalling hard-cooked eggs and prepared foods that contain hard-cooked eggs.
The recall affects products sold between January 23 and February 1. The company says the eggs have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. The recall affects purchases made at Wegmans stores here in Syracuse, along with' Rochester, Buffalo, Canandaigua, Newark, Geneva, Corning, Elmira, Geneseo, and Hornell.This action is the result of a recent recall by Minnesota-based Michael Foods, Inc., which produces the cooked eggs at its Wakefield, Nebraska facility.
The following affected products sold in Wegmans prepared foods and deli departments are included in the recall:
Hard-Cooked Eggs (sold by the pound in prepared foods or as a choice on the Fresh Foods Bar)
Deviled Eggs (special-order deli tray or 6-pack, 12 pack)
Cobb Salad (10 oz, 43 oz, and 6.5 lb)
Garden Salad (10 oz, 20 oz, 2 lb, and 5 lb)
Baby Spinach Salad (9 oz, 1.8 lb, and 3.9 lb)
Chef Salad (9 oz. and 18 oz.)
Egg Salad (sold by the pound in prepared foods)
Egg Salad Sub (Sub Shop)
Kosher Macaroni Salad (sold by the pound in kosher deli)
Kosher Pickled Eggs (sold by the pound in kosher deli)
Wegmans' says there have been no confirmed reports of illness in connection with these products. If you ate any of these products, officials say you may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Wegmans has placed automated phone calls to customers who purchased the products using their Shoppers Club card.
To be completely clear, the recall of hard-cooked eggs supplied by Michael Foods does not affect any fresh eggs sold at Wegmans.
If you have any of these products in your home please discard it and return to the service desk for a refund. If you have any additional questions or concerns, please contact Wegmans at (800) 934-6267, and ask for consumer affairs, Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm. For further questions regarding this recall, please call Michael Foods at 877-367-3447, Monday through Friday, 8am - 5pm
