Costco recalls salmon in latest listeria contamination fear

Costco is recalling salmon after the supplier warned it could be contaminated with listeria — just days after the wholesale retailer pulled meat and poultry items from its shelves over fears they could be tainted.Acme Smoked Fish Corp, the provider of the salmon, sent a notice to Costco customers informing them of a “voluntary recall on certain packages” of the fish product “due to potential contamination.”Eduardo Carbajosa, CEO of Acme Smoked Fish Corp, wrote in his letter that customers who bought salmon with Lot number 8512801270 must refrain from consuming the product and that they should return the package to Costco in order to get a refund.The notice was sent to Costco members who made the purchase sometime between Oct.9 and Oct.

13.“We regret this unfortunate incident and have taken immediate corrective steps to ensure that this issue never happens again,” Carbajosa wrote in his note to customers.The Post has sought comment from Costco.In the past several weeks, Costco initiated a recall of several items over listeria concerns.On Oct.

11, the company announced that Rana Chicken Truffle Carbonara and Tagliatelle Grilled White Chicken & Portobello Mushroom Sauce had been recalled.Last week, Costco said it had recalled Readywise 110 Serving Emergency Protein Bucket and Red’s Southwestern Grill Chicken Mini Burritos.Just days before, it recalled 10 lots of El Monterey Mexican Grill Chicken & Cheese Taquitos.Readywise’s notice said the recall was “due to the potential Listeria contamination in the chicken provided by one of our suppliers.” The company, based out of Salt Lake City, Utah, urged customers not to consume the product, but rather return it to Costco for a full refund.Rana Meal Solutions and El Monterey chicken taquitos are manufactured by BrucePac, the Oklahoma-based company which ordered a recall of 10 million pounds of product after Department of Agriculture investigators found cases of suspected listeria contamination...