Giant Eagle Recall: Potential contamination with Salmonella Newport in onions and prepared foods containing onions. - F-1389-2020

🇺🇸 United States

1. August 2, 2020 - Recall initiated
2. September 9, 2020 - Reported by source
3. May 12, 2021 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-1389-2020

Event ID

86176

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class I

Company

Giant Eagle

Product description

MD Dip-Rueben PLU# 24659500000. Expiration date 8/6/2020. Ingredients: REUBEN DIP [COOKED CORNED BEEF ROUND (CURED WITH UP TO 15% OF A SOLUTION OF: WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM LACTATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, SODIUM DIACETATE, GARLIC POWDER, EXTRACTIVES OF SPICES), CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, STABILIZERS [CAROB BEAN AND/OR XANTHAN AND/OR GUAR GUMS]), SOUR CREAM (CULTURED CREAM, ENZYMES), THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING (SOYBEAN OIL, CHILI SAUCE [TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), SUGAR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, SPICE, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER], HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SWEET RELISH [CUCUMBERS, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, MUSTARD SEEDS, DICED RED PEPPERS, WATER, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR], EGG YOLK, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, MUSTARD FLOUR, XANTHAN GUM, POLYSORBATE 60, DRIED ONION, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE], DRIED GARLIC, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA [COLOR], CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA [TO PROTECT FLAVOR], DRIED RED BELL PEPPER), SAUERKRAUT (CABBAGE, WATER, SALT, PRESERVATIVES [SODIUM BENZOATE, SODIUM BISULFITE]), YELLOW ONION, RELISH (CUCUMBERS, WATER, VINEGAR, SALT, RED BELL PEPPER, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, ALUM, XANTHAN GUM, 0.1% SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE], NATURAL FLAVORS, POLYSORBATE 80, YELLOW 5), SALT, CARAWAY SEED, GROUND BLACK PEPPER].

Quantity

Unknown

Reason

Potential contamination with Salmonella Newport in onions and prepared foods containing onions.

Recall initiation date

August 2, 2020

Report date

September 9, 2020

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

May 12, 2021

Distribution pattern

Product was produced and sold in Giant Eagle and Market District locations in IN, OH, MD, WV and PA.

UPC, lot, and code information

PLU#24659500000

Voluntary or mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Initial notification method

Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit

Source last updated

Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below

Public Health Trace retrieval date

July 18, 2026 ET

Other products recalled under this same event

This recall shares FDA event ID 86176 with 10 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: Giant Eagle

Other recalls from Giant Eagle

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Distribution map

State	Distributed
Indiana	1
Ohio	1
Maryland	1
West Virginia	1
Pennsylvania	1

States shown are extracted from the source's free-text distribution description above; a narrative description (e.g. "distributed nationwide") may not list individual states to extract.

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Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

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