The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a recall of about 97,272 pounds of salads that have meat or poultry because the salad could be contaminated by E. coli.

The salads, packaged by Missa Bay, LLC, were made from Oct. 14 through Oct. 16 and have the establishment number EST 18502B in the mark of inspection, the USDA said.

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The salads were distributed in Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

The recall stemmed from an investigation of foodborne illness outbreak in Maryland where a Ready Pac Caesar Salad that contained chicken not raised on antibiotics was tested and came back positive for E. coli. All products that used the same lettuce found in the salad were recalled, USDA reported.

If you have the contaminated salads, you're being told to either throw it away or return it to the place of purchase.

If you have questions, call 1-800-800-7822.

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Angie McBrayer, ex-wife of James Aaron McBrayer, leans her head on her son Sam McBrayer as she and her three children and two grandchildren (from left) Jackson McBrayer, 3, Piper Jae McBrayer, 7, Katy Isaza, and Jordan McBrayer, visit the grave of James McBrayer, Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Tifton. He died after being restrained by Tift County sheriff's deputies on April 24, 2019. His ex-wife witnessed the arrest and said she thought the deputies were being rough but did not imagine that McBrayer would die. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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