Costco salmon, chicken street tacos recalled due to listeria concerns

Issues with listeria contaminating consumer foods continue.

Costco is the latest retailer affected.

It issued a recall on its Kirkland Signature Smoked Salmon, and the Food and Drug Administration recalled selected Sprouts Farmers Market Chicken Street Taco kits, which are sold at Costco.

Costco customers were informed of the salmon recall on Oct. 22 by Acme Smoked Fish Corp., which supplies the retailer, USA Today reported.

The notice was sent to customers who had purchased the smoked salmon from package lot number 8512801270 between Oct. 9 and Oct. 13 — advising them to not consume the product and to return it for a full refund, according to USA Today.

“We regret this unfortunate incident and have taken immediate corrective steps to ensure that this issue never happens again,” Acme Smoked Fish Corp. CEO Eduardo Carbajosa said in the letter, USA Today said.

The taco kits, which are supplied by Fresh Creative Foods, were recalled on Oct 11, USA Today said, specifically lot UPC 205916813991D, with a best date listed from Sept. 2 to Nov. 7.

The list of current recalled products at Costco includes:

• Rana Chicken Truffle Carbonara
• Tagliatelle Grilled White Chicken & Portabello Mushroom Sauce
• Kirkland Signature Smoked Salmon with lot number 8512801270
• Sprouts Farmers Market Chicken Street Taco kits

Costco also previously recalled these products, according to USA Today:

• Readywise 110 Serving Emergency Protein Bucket
• Red’s Southwestern Grill Chicken Mini Burritos
• El Monterey Mexican Grill Chicken & Cheese Taquitos

As of Friday, there were no confirmed reports of adverse reactions linked to the recalls, according to USA Today.

The Costco news comes after millions of pounds of recalled foods produced by BrucePac, a pre-cooked meat producer out of Oklahoma, were sold at major grocery stores nationwide. The recall included more than 200 products that equate to nearly 10 million pounds of meat.

And last week, McDonald’s was hit with an outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to the popular Quarter Pounders burgers that killed one person and sickened at least 75 others across 13 states, the Associated Press reported.

Testing by the Colorado Department of Agriculture ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak, McDonald’s said, and instead, the culprit was likely the slivered onions, the AP said.

McDonald’s announced Sunday that Quarter Pounders will again be on its menu at hundreds of its restaurants after testing ruled out beef patties, according to the AP.

Listeria, which can be especially harmful for those who are pregnant, 65 or older or who have a weakened immune system, can spread “easily” through deli equipment, surfaces, hands and food, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those people should not eat deli meat, the CDC said, unless it is reheated.