Costco Recalls Salads and Sandwiches Over Plastic in Dressing

Costco is recalling two prepared food items because the dressing might contain pieces of plastic. Not ideal when you're trying to eat lunch.

The Caesar Salad and Chicken Sandwich with Caesar Salad are both affected. Same dressing supplier—Ventura Foods—for both products. That's where the plastic contamination problem originated.

Affected products had sell-by dates of October 17 and November 9. They were sold at select Costco stores across the Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast regions.

The Details

Item numbers:

• No. 11444: Caesar Salad

• No. 11444: Chicken Sandwich with Caesar Salad

Yes, the same item number for two different products? That's Costco's system, apparently.

"Please stop eating the product and return the item to your local Costco for a full refund," the company said in its November 7 notice.

So if you bought either of these items with those sell-by dates, check your fridge. Plastic in dressing isn't something you want to discover mid-bite.

More Costco Recalls

This follows several other recent Costco recalls. F&F Fine Wines International recalled over 900,000 bottles of Kirkland Prosecco earlier this month after reports that some unopened bottles could spontaneously shatter.

Spontaneously shatter. Like, going to grab the bottle, then exploding glass everywhere as if you are incredible hulk. Pretty crazy reason for a recall.

Olympia Tools International also recently recalled its Pack-N-Stroll Folding Utility Wagon over a possible child safety hazard.

It seems to be a busy month for Costco recalls.

The Plastic Problem

Plastic contamination in food happens. Manufacturing processes involve plastic equipment, packaging materials, containers. Sometimes pieces break off and end up where they shouldn't.

Ventura Foods supplied the dressing to Costco. They presumably discovered the contamination issue—or someone found plastic in their salad and complained—and initiated the recall.

What to Do

The sell-by dates were October 17 and November 9. So these products are already expired or close to it. But people buy salads and sandwiches, stick them in the fridge, forget about them for a few days.

If you bought the Caesar Salad or Chicken Sandwich with Caesar Salad with those specific sell-by dates, don't eat them. Return to Costco for a full refund.

The recall notice went out November 7. If you already ate one of these salads or sandwiches and didn't notice anything weird, you're probably fine. But if you still have one sitting in your fridge, deal with it now.

Customers seeking more information can visit the Costco website. FOX Business contacted Costco for comment but didn't immediately receive a response.

Costco's Recall Pattern

Three recalls in one month isn't typical. Prosecco bottles exploding. Utility wagons with child safety hazards. Now salads and sandwiches with plastic-contaminated dressing.

None of these are Costco's fault directly—they're issues with suppliers and manufacturers. But Costco sells the products, so they issue the recalls and handle returns.

That's part of operating a massive retail chain. Suppliers mess up. Manufacturers have quality control failures. Costco deals with the fallout.

For customers, it means paying attention to recall notices. Costco posts them on their website and at store entrances. If you shop there regularly, it is worth checking occasionally to see if anything you bought got recalled.

The Bottom Line

Costco recalled Caesar Salad (item No. 11444) and Chicken Sandwich with Caesar Salad (also item No. 11444) sold between October 17 and November 9 due to possible plastic contamination in the dressing.

If you bought either product with those dates, return it to Costco for a full refund. Don't eat it. Plastic in dressing isn't worth risking.

Visit Costco's website for more information or call your local store.

Check your fridge. Look for those item numbers and sell-by dates. If you've got one of these products, take it back.

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