[Coles/Woolworths] Pre-Packaged Salad Leaves Recall - Salmonella

forumninja on 04/02/2016 - 19:57
Last edited 04/02/2016 - 20:25 by 1 other user

Public OzBargainer advisory.

Salmonella recall for supermarket lettuce/salad leaves:
http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/industry/foodrecalls/recalls…

News coverage:
http://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/salmonella-o…
http://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/salmonella-outbreak…

Return to your place of purchase or throw it out.

Affected products list (for full list, visit the Food Standards website above):
Use by: Up to and including 10/02/2016 – 14/02/2016

Woolworths Baby Spinach 100g 14/02/2016
Woolworths Baby Rocket 100g 14/02/2016
Woolworths Gourmet Mix 100g 14/02/2016
Woolworths Fresh Cut Loose Baby Spinach 1kg 14/02/2016
Woolworths Fresh Cut Salad Loose Mesculin 1kg 14/02/2016
Wash N Toss Watercress 100g 14/02/2016
Wash N Toss Sorrel 50g 14/02/2016
Wash N Toss Baby Cos 100g 14/02/2016
Wash N Toss Baby Spinach 100g 14/02/2016
Wash N Toss Salad Mix 100g 14/02/2016
Wash N Toss Wild Rocket 100g 14/02/2016
Wash N Toss Kale 100g 14/02/2016
Coles Australian Baby Spinach 60g 11/02/2016
Coles Australian Baby Rocket 60g 11/02/2016
Coles Australian Baby Rocket 120g 11/02/2016
Coles Australian Spinach & Rocket 120g 11/02/2016
Coles Australian Baby Spinach 120g 11/02/2016
Coles Australian 4 Leaf Salad 120g 11/02/2016
Coles Australian 4 Leaf Salad 200g 11/02/2016
Supa Salad Supa salad 180g 14/02/2016
Supa Salad Green Coral 180g
Supa Salad Supamix 1kg
Supa Salad Spinach 1kg
Supa Salad Rocket 1kg
Supa Salad Baby Cos 1kg
Supa Salad ALH 1kg
Supa Salad Spinach 180g
Clear Film Blend
Clear Film Spinach
Clear Film Baby Cos

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Comments

  • bluesky on 04/02/2016 - 20:09
    +2

    Thank you for bringing this to our attention!

    • [Deactivated] on 04/02/2016 - 23:52
      +9

      I wish they could have lettuce know earlier

      • Vortex99 on 05/02/2016 - 09:01

        You couldn't leaf it alone, could you..

        • scrimshaw on 05/02/2016 - 09:49

          I'm beet after reading all these puns.

        • Baysew on 05/02/2016 - 14:01

          I'm sorrel cos you are cut up.

  • RandomNinja on 04/02/2016 - 20:22

    Thanks for the heads up, sadly I read this after dinner which had spinach leaves from Woolies… fingers crossed it's all ok :(

  • imc123 on 04/02/2016 - 20:35
    +3

    Guess I'll have to leaf out the salad for tonight's dinner…

  • altomic on 04/02/2016 - 21:08
    +16

    Phew, lucky I've only eaten domino's every meal this week. Wouldn't want to get sick from salad.

  • [Deactivated] on 04/02/2016 - 21:11
    +1

    Packaged salad seems to have a bad reputation when it comes to hygiene.Frankly, when you consider how easy it is to make even a basic salad with a simple dressing I don't really understand the advantage of these. Are they particularly cheap or something?

    • forumninja on 04/02/2016 - 21:15
      +1

      It's the convenience of not having to dry the vegetables. Washing salad is easy. Drying salad properly requires a salad spinner or patience.

      • scrimshaw on 04/02/2016 - 21:22
        +4

        You also get the choice of having pre-mixed salad leaves, rather than having to buy a head of lettuce, a bunch of watercress and spinach and having to chop, wash and mix it yourself.

        • forumninja on 04/02/2016 - 21:25

          You forgot salmonella, listeria, streptococcus, shigella and many other bacteria mixed in for free, so you can use all the sick days you accrued from your employer.

      • [Deactivated] on 04/02/2016 - 21:25

        I guess if you buy these often you could buy a good quality salad spinner like one of the 'OXO good grips' and save more money in the long-run.

  • Marcsie on 04/02/2016 - 23:03
    +2

    Doesn't matter where I buy the salad from,I always wash them really well before eat them :)

    • [Deactivated] on 04/02/2016 - 23:51
      +2

      Do you wash it in pine o cleen

      • Marcsie on 04/02/2016 - 23:54
        +2

        I can wash it for you to eat, Chúc Mừng Năm Mới :)

  • SimbaGirl on 05/02/2016 - 00:30

    Seems WA is the only state unaffected by the recall. From the Food Standards recall notice:

    Distribution

    Coles, Bi-Lo VIC, NSW, SA, NT & ACT

    Woolworths ACT, VIC, NSW

    and trade outlets in NSW, QLD, VIC, SA, NT and ACT.

    • juventino on 05/02/2016 - 07:52

      WA eats coal for brekkie, lunch and dinner. Salmonella won't do anything :p

    • forumninja on 05/02/2016 - 09:55

      Once again, people forget TAS.

      • cDNA on 05/02/2016 - 10:17

        TAS is irrelevant and not affected, because they have local suppliers.

  • Vortex99 on 05/02/2016 - 08:59
    +1

    I don't like Salmonella. I prefer tuna.

  • SimbaGirl on 05/02/2016 - 11:04

    It appears some Lite n' Easy customers will be affected as well: http://www.smh.com.au/business/retail/salmonella-outbreak-li…

    This is the statement from Lite N' Easy's FB page: Unfortunately the recent lettuce recall initiated by Tripod Farmers (based in Melbourne) will affect some lunches in the Lite n’ Easy menu this week. We are contacting all customers who have received any affected lunches via email and SMS with further instructions.
    Customers in WA are NOT affected by the recall as a different, local supplier is used there.
    We would like to assure all of our customers that we have taken immediate steps to replace the lettuce supplier in question with a new supplier and that any salad meals in next week’s menu (Week B) will not be effected by the current recall. If you have any questions please call us on 13 15 12 after 8 am Friday morning.

  • Partake0486 on 05/02/2016 - 11:48

    I've been eating this crap from Coles every single day for the past year and a half. Is QLD affected? Coles doesn't list QLD, which I find strange. Anyone know where Coles pre-packaged lettuce in QLD is sourced from?

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