The long arms of the Michael Foods Inc. national hard-boiled egg recall reached into central New York on February 2. Late Thursday night, Rochester-based Wegmans supermarkets announced its own recall of hard-boiled eggs, salad bar and deli items sold in stores in Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Hornell, Elmira and Corning. The hard-boiled eggs were sold or used by Wegmans in prepared foods from Jan. 23 – Feb. 1, 2012, and came from eggs produced by Michael Foods.
Michael Foods Inc., based in Minnesota, began on January 26 to voluntarily recall batches of hard-boiled eggs produced at its Wakefield, Nebraska plant. The recalled eggs may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. In the days following the Michael Foods recall announcement, stores that made prepared foods from the contaminated eggs issued their own specific recalls. Wegmans' announcement helped increase the scope of the recall to 34 states, including New York.
According to Wegmans, this recall affects only the following New York state Wegmans stores:
- Syracuse - John Glenn, Onondaga, James Street, Cicero, Auburn, Pond Street, Taft Road, Fairmount, DeWitt, and Great Northern
- Rochester - East Avenue, Perinton, Canandiagua, Geneva, Hylan Drive, Holt Road, Eastway, Ridgemont, Ridge-Culver, Geneseo, Penfield, Irondequoit, Fairport, Lyell, Mt. Read, Latta, Chili-Paul, Newark, Calkins Road, and Brockport
- Buffalo - Dick Road, Niagara Falls Blvd, Sheridan Drive, West Seneca, McKinley, Transit Road, Amherst Street, Alberta Drive, Losson Road, and Military Road
- and Hornell, Elmira and Corning Wegmans stores in New York's southern tier
Customers of these Wegmans stores who purchased the following items between Jan. 23 and Feb. 1, 2012 should discard them immediately. Wegmans is advising shoppers to go to their local stores for a full refund. The recalled items are:
- Hard-Cooked Eggs, sold by the pound in prepared foods or as a choice on the Fresh Foods Bar)
- Deviled Eggs, special-order deli tray – 6 pack or 12 pack
- Cobb Salad, 10 oz., 43 oz., and 6.5 lb.
- Garden Salad, 10 oz., 20 oz., 2 lb., and 5 lb.
- Baby Spinach Salad, 9 oz., 1.8 lb., and 3.9 lb.
- Chef Salad, 9 oz. and 18 oz.
- Egg Salad, sold by the pound in prepared foods
- Egg Salad Sub, sold in the Sub Shop
- Kosher Macaroni Salad, sold by the pound in the kosher deli
- Kosher Pickled Eggs, sold by the pound in the kosher deli
According to information on the USDA's Food Safety and Information website, people who are most at risk if they eat foods contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes include pregnant and nursing women, people with weakened immune systems, infants, the elderly, persons with HIV infections and patients undergoing chemotherapy. At this time, no illnesses have been reported from eating the recalled hard-boiled eggs or prepared foods made with them.
Wegmans operates supermarkets in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland and Virginia. Customers of the stores affected by the hard-boiled egg recall in the Syracuse, Buffalo and Rochester metropolitan areas, Hornell, Elmira and Corning can also contact Wegmans Consumer Affairs directly at 800-WEGMANS (934-6267) Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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