Minnesota Hy-Vee Stores Recall Salad Due To Salmonella Risk

MINNESOTA — Hy-Vee is voluntarily recalling its Hy-Vee Spring Pasta Salad due to the potential that it may be contaminated with Salmonella. The potential for contamination was brought to Hy-Vee’s attention Monday night when approximately 20 illnesses in Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa were potentially linked back to customers consuming the salad.

Seven cases of Salmonella infection have been identified in Minnesota as part of this outbreak.

Additional illnesses related to the outbreak are also under investigation. People ages 23 to 89 years became ill from June 24 through June 30. Two people were hospitalized and both are recovering.

Six of the Minnesota cases involved eating the Spring Pasta Salad purchased or catered from four different Hy-Vee grocery stores, according to health officials.

The pasta salad contains shell pasta, mayonnaise, carrots, celery, cucumbers, onions and green pepper. It may have been purchased in a sealed 16 oz. or 48 oz. container, or scooped at the deli counter into clear plastic containers.

Health officials recommend checking your refrigerator for Spring Pasta Salad purchased or catered from any Hy-Vee store prior to July 17 (expiration dates ending Aug. 3, 2018). Do not eat it.

Other pasta salads sold by Hy-Vee are not currently known to be affected.

Hy-Vee has Twin Cities locations in Oakdale, New Hope, Eagan, Brooklyn Park, Lakeville, Cottage Grove, and Savage.

The voluntary recall includes Hy-Vee Spring Pasta Salads in both 1 pound (16 oz.) and 3 pound (48 oz.) containers produced between June 1, 2018, and July 13, 2018, and available from the deli service case.

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Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.

The pasta salad was distributed to all of Hy-Vee’s 244 grocery stores across its eight-state region of Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The product comes in a plastic container with a plastic lid. The expiration date range is between June 22 and Aug. 3, 2018. The expiration date can be found on the side of the container.

Out of "an abundance of caution," Hy-Vee said it voluntarily removed the product last night from all of its shelves and service cases as soon as the grocery chain was notified about the situation.

Customers who purchased this product should dispose of it or return it to their local Hy-Vee store for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact Hy-Vee Customer Care representatives 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1-800-772-4098.

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