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Costco Wholesale Corporation Recall: The 3oz. sealed packet of Caesar Dressing in Costco Caesar Salad may contain plastic material.
🇺🇸 United States
TerminatedClass II
Company
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Product
Costco Item# 19927 Kirkland Signature Caesar Salad, refriger…
Recall date
November 7, 2025
Terminated
December 17, 2025
Source
FDA
Reason for recall
The 3oz. sealed packet of Caesar Dressing in Costco Caesar Salad may contain plastic material.
- Recall initiated
- Reported by source
- Recall terminated
Recalled products
Product description
UPC
Quantity
Lot / code information
Costco Item# 19927 Kirkland Signature Caesar Salad, refrigerated, packaged in clear plastic clamshell container. The net weight varies as it is sold by weight. This product contains 3oz. sealed packet of Caesar Dressing.
Not published in this source record
Caesar Salad = 142,532 retail units
Sell By Dates between 10/17/25 and 11/9/25
Distribution
Item# 11444 Chicken Sandwich with Caesar Salad was distributed in NY and Puerto Rico. Item# 19927 Caesar Salad was distributed in AL
CT
DE
FL
GA
IA
IL
IN
KS
KY
MA
MD
ME
MI
MN
MO
MS
NC
ND
NE
NH
NJ
NY
OH
OK
PA
RI
SC
SD
TN
VA
VT
WV
WI and in Washington DC and Puerto Rico.
Official source record
Agency
FDA
Dataset
FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
Recall number
H-0224-2026
Event ID
97965
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Company
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Product description
Costco Item# 19927 Kirkland Signature Caesar Salad, refrigerated, packaged in clear plastic clamshell container. The net weight varies as it is sold by weight. This product contains 3oz. sealed packet of Caesar Dressing.
Quantity
Caesar Salad = 142,532 retail units
Reason
The 3oz. sealed packet of Caesar Dressing in Costco Caesar Salad may contain plastic material.
Recall initiation date
November 7, 2025
Report date
December 10, 2025
Classification date
Not published in this source record
Termination date
December 17, 2025
Distribution pattern
Item# 11444 Chicken Sandwich with Caesar Salad was distributed in NY and Puerto Rico. Item# 19927 Caesar Salad was distributed in AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WV, WI and in Washington DC and Puerto Rico.
UPC, lot, and code information
Sell By Dates between 10/17/25 and 11/9/25
Voluntary or mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial notification method
Other
Source last updated
Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below
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Other products recalled under this same event
This recall shares FDA event ID 97965 with 1 other product
entry in Public Health Trace.
FDA Recall🇺🇸 United StatesTerminatedTerminated: December 17, 2025Historical recordClass II
A map highlighting the states named in the source's distribution description.
Distributed
No data published
Shading reflects state-level totals only, as published by the source. It does not imply
county-level or point-level precision.
Distribution map
State
Distributed
New York
1
Alabama
1
Connecticut
1
Delaware
1
Florida
1
Georgia
1
Iowa
1
Illinois
1
Indiana
1
Kansas
1
Kentucky
1
Massachusetts
1
Maryland
1
Maine
1
Michigan
1
Minnesota
1
Missouri
1
Mississippi
1
North Carolina
1
North Dakota
1
Nebraska
1
New Hampshire
1
New Jersey
1
Ohio
1
Oklahoma
1
Pennsylvania
1
Rhode Island
1
South Carolina
1
South Dakota
1
Tennessee
1
Virginia
1
Vermont
1
West Virginia
1
Wisconsin
1
District of Columbia
1
States shown are extracted from the source's free-text distribution description above; a narrative
description (e.g. "distributed nationwide") may not list individual states to extract.
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