Walmart Recall In Escondido: Salmonella Contaminated Meat

ESCONDIDO, CA — Attention Walmart shoppers: More than 6,400 pounds of meat have been recalled for possible salmonella contamination.

Stores in Escondido and elsewhere in San Diego County are part of a nationwide recall of some 6,444 pounds of ready-to-eat pork sausage patties and turkey sausage patties from George's Prepared Foods, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Monday.

The government safety organization is urging customers who bought the now-recalled items not to eat them.

George's Prepared Foods, which produces fully cooked meat under Walmart's Great Value brand, found a small amount of items tested positive for salmonella in its facility.

The company's plan to dispose of the contaminated items was foiled after a third-party cold storage facility inadvertently shipped the ready-to-eat products nationwide.

Here are the products subject to recall, according to inspectors:

Great Value Fully Cooked Original Pork Sausage Patties

• Use-by date: 10/16/19
• Lot code: 1091971894

Great Value Fully Cooked Original Breakfast Turkey Patties

• Use-by date: 10/24/19
• Lot code: 1171971897

Family Size Great Value Fully Cooked Original Pork Sausage Patties

• Use-by date: 11/03/19 and 11/05/19
• Lot code: 1271972894 and 1291972894

There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reaction from the consumption of these products, officials said.

Symptoms of salmonella include diarrhea, abdominal cramps and fever within 12 to 72 hours of eating a contaminated product. Most people, though, can recover after four to seven days without treatment.

Walmart has a number of locations in San Diego County:

• Chula Vista: 75 North Broadway (Walmart)
• Chula Vista: 875 E. H St. (Walmart)
• Chula Vista: 1360 Eastlake Parkway (Walmart)
• Chula Vista: 1150 Broadway (Walmart)
• El Cajon: 300 North Second St. (Neighborhood Market)
• El Cajon: 605 Fletcher Parkway (Walmart)
• El Cajon: 13487 Camino Canada (Walmart)
• Encinitas: 1550 Leucadia Blvd. (Walmart)
• Escondido: 1266 East Valley Parkway (Neighborhood Market)
• Escondido: 1330 East Grand Ave. (Walmart)
• La Mesa: 5500 Grossmont Center Drive (Walmart)
• La Mesa: 8810 Grossmont Blvd. (Neighborhood Market)
• National City: 1200 Highland Ave. (Walmart)
• Oceanside: 705 College Blvd. (Walmart)
• Oceanside: 1046 Mission Ave. (Neighborhood Market)
• Oceanside: 2100 Vista Way (Walmart)
• Oceanside: 3405 Marron Road (Walmart)
• Poway: 13425 Community Road (Walmart)
• San Diego: 575 Saturn Blvd. (Walmart)
• San Diego: 710 Dennery Road (Walmart)
• San Diego: 2121 Imperial Ave. (Neighborhood Market)
• San Diego: 3382 Murphy Canyon Road (Walmart)
• San Diego: 3412 College Ave. (Walmart)
• San Diego: 4840 Shawline St. (Walmart)
• San Marcos: 732 Center Drive (Walmart)
• Santee: 170 Town Center Parkway (Walmart)
• Vista: 1800 University Drive (Walmart)