The 5 Recalls You Need To Know About This Week

It’s been a big week for recalls on grocery items—from bottled water to sandwiches and ice cream, here are the products to watch out for this week.

5 Grocery Recalls This Week

Berkeley Springs Water Purified or Berkeley Springs Water Distilled 

The recall of this W.V. company’s water is due to coliform bacteria. Though coliforms aren’t necessarily dangerous themselves, their presence can signal the fact that there are other bacteria in your water, including dangerous pathogens such as E. coli.

More than 150,000 bottles of Berkeley Springs water sold in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia are affected by the recall. The bottles to avoid are labeled with the codes ​​090326, 090426, 090526, or 090626.

Bowl & Basket Onion Soup & Dip Mix

Attention ShopRite shoppers! If you’re planning to entertain with the help of a little onion soup mix, you may need to buy a different brand. There are tons of great meals that start with the powdery packet, but ShopRite’s Bowl & Basket brand has been recalled due the possibility of undeclared egg in the package. 

According to the company that makes the product, Gilster Mary Lee Corp., “People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to egg run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume the soup mix." 

Fortunately, only two lots are involved, so if you’re sensitive to eggs, steer clear of the 2 oz. cartons which have a Best By date of SEP 27 25 E07 or OCT 11 25 E09 (UPC# 41190-08394). Though the company discovered the issue after receiving a customer complaint, it says that no illnesses have been reported due to the mislabeling.

Wegmans Food Markets Large Asian Sesame Salad with Chicken

Shoppers who can’t eat eggs also need to be aware of a recall on the sesame salad with Asian peanut dressing sold at Wegmans. Salads packaged between Nov. 5 and Nov. 8 with sell-by dates of Nov. 7 through Nov. 10 may also contain the potential allergen. Though the sell-by date has passed, on Nov. 8, Wegmans said that it would refund people who had bought the mislabeled lunch.

Babcock Dairy Orange Custard Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream

The Madison, Wi. ice cream maker that’s part of UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, has voluntarily recalled 41 cases of its products that may be mislabeled. Orange Custard Chocolate Chip ice cream may be misidentified as Chocolate Peanut Butter. Consumers allergic to eggs or yellow #5 should avoid eating these products. 

The potentially dangerous half-pints of ice cream were produced on Sept. 17, 2024, but the issue wasn’t discovered until Nov. 4, when a customer reported the error. There have been no illnesses tied to the mistake, but Babcock Dairy says in a statement that it is “taking immediate corrective steps, including the retraining of employees on proper labeling procedures, implementation of multiple verification checks during production and packaging, and increased organization and separation of packaging materials to further prevent different containers from coming into contact.” Purchasers can return their ice cream to where they bought it for a full refund.

CIBUS Fresh Autumn Turkey Sandwiches

This Indiana manufacturer of convenience foods is dealing with one of the most serious of this week’s recalls. CIBUS Fresh uses Glenview Farms Spreadable Brie on its Autumn Turkey Sandwiches, distributed in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee. And that cheese could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. 

According to a release from CIBUS Fresh shared on the FDA’s website, listeria 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.”

CIBUS Fresh has stopped producing the products using the recalled cheese and no other foods are part of the recall. The company says that shoppers can return to the store where they purchased their sandwich for a full refund.