Whole Foods Recalls Prepared Foods Over Listeria

WASHINGTONWhole Foods Market is recalling four prepared food items made with Circle Sea Salmon Lox Trim sold in seafood departments at stores in Oregon and Washington due to possible Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Jan. 30.

The recalled products were sold before Jan. 29, 2013, in all Whole Foods Market stores in Oregon and Washington. The recalled salmon lox trim products include cold smoked salmon lox trimPLU 97629; bagel half with lox cream cheese w/capersPLU 92811; whole bagel with lox cream cheese with capersPLU 98437; and gravlox cream cheese spreadPLU 95307. The affected products were sold in clear plastic containers or plastic wrapped with the label "Whole Foods Market." The recall includes all of these products sold before Jan. 29, 2013.

On Jan. 25, Whole Foods Market recalled cold smoked and sliced Whole Catch Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon sold at stores in 12 states due to the possibility of Listeria monocytogenes contamination.