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100 Mile Safeway removes recalled cucumbers

Salmonella recall dealt with at local grocery store

Local shoppers shouldn't worry about a recent field cucumber recall due to possible salmonella contamination in their local Safeway or Save On Foods stores, which has affected grocery stores in Canada and the United States.

Any of the potentially affected products have already been removed from shelves at the 100 Mile House Safeway store, says manager Sean Watson.

“The recall was executed by us at the store [within 45 minutes of it coming down the evening of Sept. 5]. We pulled all product on the floor, whether it was affected or not, because we didn't want to [take any chances].”

While the recall also covered some made-in-store products all purchased on or before Sept. 6, Watson says the 100 Mile House store doesn't use that particular product in any of its deli salads.

A case of field cucumbers received at the local grocery store on Sept. 8 is not from the affected farm, he adds.

“Business is normal for us. If you see a field cucumber at Safeway [in 100 Mile], it's not from the affected farm [in San Diego, Calif.]. That's the bottom line.”

The recall was expanded on Sept. 9 to include Save On Foods, PriceSmart Foods, Coopers Foods, Overwaitea and Freson Brothers stores in British Columbia and Alberta.

100 Mile House Save On Foods manager Craig Lee says the local grocery store did not receive any of the recalled product in store.