Made Fresh Salads, Inc. recalled every ready-to-eat deli salad and cream cheese product coming out of its Bay Shore, New York plant on September 6, 2026, after FDA and company environmental sampling turned up Listeria monocytogenes inside the facility itself. It’s the third Listeria recall tied to this one plant in less than a year, following recalls in October 2025 and February 2026.
What’s On The Recall List
The September recall covers 43 deli-style salads, 16 cream cheese varieties, and specialty items like puddings and croquettes, sold under the Made Fresh Salads and Northside labels. Everything shipped in 5-pound or 30-pound white plastic tubs, or half-size aluminum pans, with expiration dates printed on the bottom of the label between September 3 and September 18, 2026. Product moves by direct delivery to independent retail stores and distributors across Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and the rest of New York City, not through supermarket chains, so where you bought it matters as much as the date.
A Plant With A Pattern
This isn’t a first offense. In October 2025, inspectors from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets sampled Made Fresh Salads and LoBoy-brand Macaroni Salad and Tuna Deluxe Salad and found Listeria, triggering an FDA Class I recall, the agency’s most serious category, and a production suspension.
Four months later, in February 2026, the company’s own routine testing found Listeria on a mixer used to make its cream cheese and tofu spread lines. Fourteen varieties were pulled, and the contaminated mixer was taken out of service.
By September, the contamination wasn’t confined to one ingredient or one machine. FDA and company sampling found Listeria in multiple areas of the Bay Shore facility itself, and the company halted all production and distribution while recalling its entire deli salad and cream cheese lineup.
Key Points
- Check any Made Fresh Salads or Northside brand deli salad, cream cheese, pudding, or croquette bought from a Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, or New York City deli or grocer for expiration dates between September 3 and September 18, 2026.
- Recalled items came in 5-lb and 30-lb white tubs and half-size aluminum pans — some stores repackage deli items under their own label, so ask if you’re unsure.
- Don’t taste it to check. Throw it out or return it for a refund.
- Wash and sanitize any shelves or containers that touched the recalled product. Listeria survives refrigeration and spreads easily.
- No illnesses had been reported as of the September announcement, and none were reported after the October 2025 or February 2026 recalls either.
- Listeria infection is most dangerous for pregnant people, newborns, older adults, and anyone with a weakened immune system.
A single Listeria finding is usually enough to trigger a deep clean and verification testing before a plant resumes production. Three shutdowns at the same Bay Shore address in eleven months is not typical, which is why food safety attorneys tracking the case are calling it a pattern rather than a fluke. If you shop at a deli or grocer anywhere in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, or the rest of New York City, it’s worth a look in the fridge before dinner.
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