Simmering Soup Voluntarily Recalls Salsa & Balela Because of Possible Health Risk
By FDA.gov Simmering Soup, Inc., Atlanta, GA is initiating a voluntary recall of the following Trader Joe’s brand of Salsa and Balela because the products contain diced onions that are the subject of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recall due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Product Description Use-by-date SKU # UPC Mild Salsa 16 ounce 08/09 082584 00285841 Balela 8 ounce 07/31 068306 00683067 * Packaging: Translucent plastic cups, snap on lids. Listeria monocytogenes 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 individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as h...