HEB Recalls Bakery Products Over Salmonella Concerns

AUSTIN, TX — HEB Grocery Co. officials on Friday were recalling various bakery products linked to a supplier of powdered milk itself under recall as a result of Salmonella.

The San Antonio-based grocery store company wasn't the only retailer affected by this latest round of recalls stemming from powdered milk Products LLC. In other parts of the country, Albertson's and Safeway joined HEB in recalling more than 60 bakery products, including custom-made cakes, according to Food Safety News.

HEB officials said they were working with a company called Dawn Food Products in recalling certain bakery products made with Valley Milk Products' "High Heat Nonfat Dry Milk Powder" that is now the subject of a recall. HEB's recall includes nine bakery products listed below, which were sold throughout the 340-store HEB chain as well as its Mi Tienda in-store bakeries across Texas and Mexico.

“The product is being removed because there is potential it could be contaminated with Salmonella,” the recall notice on the HEB website reads. “There have been no reports of illness to date in connection with bakery items purchased from H‑E‑B stores… All product has been removed from stores.”

Anyone who has consumed any of the recalled products and developed symptoms of Salmonella infection should seek medical attention, alerting their physicians about possible exposure to the pathogen.

Even though food contaminated with Salmonella may not look or smell spoiled, it can make people sick and can sometimes prove fatal. Especially vulnerable are young children, pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. For healthy people, unpleasant symptoms run the gamut: abdominal cramps, diarrhea, fever, headache, nausea and vomiting.

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