Salmonella Risk In Products Sold In PA, Nationwide Supermarket Chain

PENNSYLVANIA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a nationwide public health alert for meat and poultry products containing FDA-regulated dairy ingredients that may be contaminated with salmonella.

The products that could be contaminated were sold at Aldi supermarkets in Pennsylvania and across the country.

They include:

• Mama Cozzi’s biscuit crust sausage and cheese breakfast pizza with best buy dates of October 15-24 2026.

• Mama Cozzi’s biscuit crust cooked pork, belly crumbles, cooked bacon topping pepper and onion breakfast with sell-by dates between Oct. 15-24-2026.

• Pork King Good sour cream & onion pork rinds with best-buy dates between June 30-August 12 2026.

Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

Healthy people infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

Symptoms usually start between six hours and six days after swallowing the bacteria. Most people recover within a week without medical treatment, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service stated in a release that it is concerned that some contaminated products could be in consumer or retailer refrigerators or freezers.

People who purchased the aforementioned products are urged not to consume them. Retailers who have stocked these products are urged not to serve or sell them.

Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or send a question via email to MPHotline@usda.gov. For consumers that need to report a problem with a meat, poultry, or egg product, the online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/.