Salmonella contamination in cream cheese
Iowa-based Hy-Vee, Inc. has recalled two varieties of its cream cheese spread and bulk-packaged Cookies & Cream Mix ‘out of an abundance of caution’ due to possible contamination with Salmonella. The affected products, listed below, were manufactured at third-party facilities around the Midwest and sold under Hy-Vee’s private label and bulk packaging programs.
The products were distributed to Hy-Vee, Hy-Vee Drugstore and Dollar Fresh Market locations as well as Hy-Vee Fast and Fresh convenience stores across Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
According to the notice, the recall was initiated after the third-party manufacturers notified the brand of the possible contamination. No illnesses have been reported so far.