A dumpster of mesclun greens sit outside the Satur Farms...

A dumpster of mesclun greens sit outside the Satur Farms Calverton location on Friday. Satur Farms in Cutchogue is voluntarily recalling their baby spinach and mesclun because it has the potential to be contaminated with salmonella. Credit: Randee Daddona

A North Fork farm is voluntarily recalling mesclun and baby spinach after a sample tested positive for the bacteria salmonella, according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration bulletin.

As a result, Whole Foods is also voluntarily recalling prepared foods containing Satur baby spinach — such as salads, pizza, sandwiches and wraps — that were sold in eight states: Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island, according to a second FDA bulletin.

No one has reported getting sick from the greens, which came from Satur Farms in Cutchogue, according to the FDA bulletin, which said the product is sold at retail stores like Whole Foods and packed in plastic clamshell containers with the Satur brand name and for food service packed in sealed poly bags. The bulletin said the affected lots numbers, distributed in New York and Florida, are:

  • Spinach Lot #18494
  • Spinach Lot #18513
  • Mesclun Lot #18520

Farm owner Paulette Satur told Newsday that the contaminated sample was found in a container of 5-ounce spinach at a Whole Foods in Florida, where the greens are grown during the winter months.  She said she was alerted Jan. 11. She said it’s the farm’s first recall in her 22 years there.

She said stores were pulling the affected greens off shelves.

Among the prepared food sold in New York Whole Foods now being recalled: Chicken Cordon Bleu Panini, New England Cranberry Turkey Sandwich, Paleo Mediterranean Tuna Salad, Spinach, Sauteed with Garlic

The bulletin advised discarding any baby spinach-containing items purchased at Whole Foods through Wednesday that came from salad bars or hot bars.

Salmonella infection can cause serious illness and sometimes be deadly in children, the elderly, frail or other people with weakened immune systems. Symptoms for healthy people can also include fever, diarrhea — sometimes bloody — as well as vomiting, nausea and abdominal pain. In rare cases, salmonella can lead to worse conditions, including aneurysms.

Foods tainted with E. coli, salmonella or other contaminants sicken as many as 1 in 6 Americans every year, according to a report released earlier this month by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. About 128,000 Americans are hospitalized and 3,000 die, the report said.

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