Escondido Trader Joe's Recalls Packaged Salad

ESCONDIDO, CA — Trader Joe's recalled one of its fresh prepackaged crunchy salads in California and four other states because there may be hard plastic in the dressing, the supermarket chain announced Thursday. In Escondido, Trader Joe's is at 1885 S Centre City Parkway.

Trader Joe's said online that the manufacturer of its "Crunchy Slaw With Chicken, Crispy Noodles & Peanut Dressing" said that the dressing could contain bits of hard plastic.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Food Safety and Inspection Service also issued a public health alert Thursday. The alert provided images of the affected product's label.

Anyone who purchased the salad was urged either to throw it out or return it to the store for a full refund. Affected items contained the establishment number P-6247 inside the USDA mark of inspection and had use-by dates from March 9 to 12.

The salads were sold only in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah, Trader Joe's said. Trader Joe's and the USDA added that no injuries were reported from the products and all potentially affected products had been removed from sale.

Consumers can direct questions to Trader Joe's at 626-599-3817 on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. PDT or send a message through the company’s website. Consumers can also contact the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-674-6854 or chat livet at Ask USDA from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. EDT.

These are the Trader Joe's locations in San Diego County:

• Carlsbad: 2629 Gateway Road
• Chula Vista: 878 Eastlake Parkway
• Encinitas: 115 N El Camino Real
• Escondido: 1885 S Centre City Parkway
• La Jolla: 8657 Villa la Jolla Drive
• La Mesa: 5495 Grossmont Center Drive
• Oceanside: 2570 Vista Way
• San Diego: 1072 Camino Del Rio North
• San Diego: 1090 University Ave.
• San Diego: 1640 Garnet Ave.
• San Diego: 2401 Truxtun Road
• San Diego: 5140 College Ave.
• San Diego: 9850 Hibert St.
• San Diego: 11955 Carmel Mountain Road
• San Diego: 13480 Highlands Place