The fluorescent lights of the Costco food court hummed. Another Saturday, another endless line. Families, solo shoppers, the usual mix, all drawn by the siren song of rotisserie chicken and… Caesar salad?
Now, a recall. Costco is pulling its ready-to-eat Caesar salad and chicken sandwich items from shelves. The reason? Plastic pieces in the dressing. The news broke, as these things often do, with a terse statement. Customers are advised to return the items for a full refund immediately. The Fox Business report, dated October 26, 2023, confirmed the details.
It’s the kind of thing that makes you pause. Not just about the salad, but about the systems. The vast machinery of food production, distribution, consumption. One errant piece of plastic, and the whole thing… stutters. The CDC estimates that each year roughly 48 million people get sick from foodborne illnesses.
The recall impacts a wide swath of consumers. Costco, with its sprawling warehouses, is a behemoth. A single recall ripples outwards. This one, a reminder of the unseen vulnerabilities. The dressing, the plastic, the potential for harm.
One shopper, reached via Twitter, posted: “Just bought that salad yesterday! Glad I saw this. Back to the store, I guess.” The post, unverified, still captures the everyday disruption. The inconvenience. The quiet worry.
Costco has not yet released specifics on the source of the contamination, or the scope of the recall. The focus, for now, is on the immediate: Remove the product. Refund the customers. The next steps, the investigation, the damage control, will follow. The quiet hum of the food court, temporarily, a little less certain.
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