Costco Wholesale Corporation Recall: The 3oz. sealed packet of Caesar Dressing in Costco Chicken Sandwich w/ Caesar Salad may contain plastic material.

🇺🇸 United States

1. November 7, 2025 - Recall initiated
2. December 10, 2025 - Reported by source
3. December 17, 2025 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

H-0225-2026

Event ID

97965

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class II

Company

Costco Wholesale Corporation

Product description

Costco Item# 11444 Kirkland Signature Chicken Sandwich with Caesar Salad, refrigerated, packaged in clear plastic clamshell container. The net weight varies as it is sold by weight. This product contains 3oz. sealed packet of Caesar Dressing.

Quantity

Chicken Sandwich with Caesar Salad: 612 retail units.

Reason

The 3oz. sealed packet of Caesar Dressing in Costco Chicken Sandwich w/ Caesar Salad may contain plastic material.

Recall initiation date

November 7, 2025

Report date

December 10, 2025

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

December 17, 2025

Distribution pattern

Item# 11444 Chicken Sandwich with Caesar Salad was distributed in NY and Puerto Rico. Item# 19927 Caesar Salad was distributed in AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WV, WI and in Washington DC and Puerto Rico.

UPC, lot, and code information

Sell By Dates between 10/17/25 and 11/9/25

Voluntary or mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Initial notification method

Other

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 97965 with 1 other product entry in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: Costco Wholesale Corporation

Other recalls from Costco Wholesale Corporation

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Distributed No data published

Shading reflects state-level totals only, as published by the source. It does not imply county-level or point-level precision.

Distribution map

State	Distributed
New York	1
Alabama	1
Connecticut	1
Delaware	1
Florida	1
Georgia	1
Iowa	1
Illinois	1
Indiana	1
Kansas	1
Kentucky	1
Massachusetts	1
Maryland	1
Maine	1
Michigan	1
Minnesota	1
Missouri	1
Mississippi	1
North Carolina	1
North Dakota	1
Nebraska	1
New Hampshire	1
New Jersey	1
Ohio	1
Oklahoma	1
Pennsylvania	1
Rhode Island	1
South Carolina	1
South Dakota	1
Tennessee	1
Virginia	1
Vermont	1
West Virginia	1
Wisconsin	1
District of Columbia	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.

Where this information comes from

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Technical source data

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Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

Frequently asked questions

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