Salad Kits and Roma Tomatoes Recalled

California’s Taylor Farms Recalls Some Tomatoes and Salad Kits

Taylor Farms recall of several lots of tomatoes and salad kits for possible Salmonella contamination. The Tracy based Taylor Farms, located in California’s San Joaquin County, is one of the nation’s biggest producers of salad makings.

On Saturday, Sept. 13, Taylor Farms issued a recall for Expo Fresh Roma tomatoes it shipped to Costco locations in Los Angeles and Hawthorne, CA; Tacoma and Lynnwood, WA, and Las Vegas, NV. It involves only those tomatoes listed as packed on Sept. 5 or 6, 2014.

Included in the recall, however, is Sicilian Vegetable Salad sold at deli counters at Safeway, Vons, and Pavilions grocery stores in California, Nevada, and Arizona, with use-by dates of Sept. 20 and 21, 2014. The kits are for the salads containing tomatoes.

Taylor Farms said the possible Salmonella contamination was discovered during routine testing.