FDA Food Recalls

Recalls / Class II

Class IIF-1398-2020

Product

SPANIKOPITA (INDEPENDENT PLU).PLU# 25070900000. Expiration date 8/6/2020. Ingredients: SPANIKOPITA [CHOPPED SPINACH, EGG, SALTED BUTTER [PASTEURIZED CREAM, SALT], PASTRY DOUGH [ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, CORN STARCH, DEXTROSE, MALTODEXTRIN, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, SALT, CANOLA OIL, PRESERVATIVES (CALCIUM PROPIONATE, SODIUM PROPIONATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE), CITRIC ACID], FETA CHEESE ((PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), POWDERED CELLULOSE TO PREVENT CAKING), YELLOW ONION, OIL BLEND (CANOLA OIL, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL), GARLIC POWDER, SALT (SALT, CALCIUM SILICATE [ANTI-CAKING]), BLACK PEPPER].Onions are cooked.

Type
Food
Affected lot / code info
PLU#25070900000
Quantity
Unknown

Why it was recalled

Potential contamination with Salmonella Newport in onions and prepared foods containing onions.

Recalling firm

Firm
Giant Eagle
Notification channel
Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Address
267 Kappa Dr, N/A, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238-2817

Distribution

Distribution pattern
Product was produced and sold in Giant Eagle and Market District locations in IN, OH, MD, WV and PA.

Timeline

Recall initiated
2020-08-02
FDA classified
2020-09-02
Posted by FDA
2020-09-09
Terminated
2021-05-12
Status
Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1398-2020. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.