# FDA recall F-1398-2020

> **Giant Eagle** · Class II · food recall initiated 2020-08-02.

## Product

SPANIKOPITA (INDEPENDENT PLU).PLU# 25070900000. Expiration date 8/6/2020. Ingredients: SPANIKOPITA [CHOPPED SPINACH, EGG, SALTED BUTTER [PASTEURIZED CREAM, SALT], PASTRY DOUGH [ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, CORN STARCH, DEXTROSE, MALTODEXTRIN, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, SALT, CANOLA OIL, PRESERVATIVES (CALCIUM PROPIONATE, SODIUM PROPIONATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE), CITRIC ACID], FETA CHEESE ((PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), POWDERED CELLULOSE TO PREVENT CAKING), YELLOW ONION, OIL BLEND (CANOLA OIL, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL), GARLIC POWDER, SALT (SALT, CALCIUM SILICATE [ANTI-CAKING]), BLACK PEPPER].Onions are cooked.

## Reason for recall

Potential contamination with Salmonella Newport  in onions and prepared foods containing onions.

## Distribution

Product was produced and sold in Giant Eagle and Market District locations in IN, OH, MD, WV and PA.

## Key facts

- **Recall number:** F-1398-2020
- **Recalling firm:** Giant Eagle
- **Classification:** Class II
- **Product type:** food
- **Status:** Terminated
- **Initiation date:** 2020-08-02
- **Report date:** 2020-09-09
- **Termination date:** 2021-05-12

- **Voluntary/Mandated:** Voluntary: Firm initiated
- **Location:** Pittsburgh, PA, United States

## Primary source

FDA Enforcement Reports: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=F-1398-2020

## Citation

> AI Analytics. FDA recall F-1398-2020. Retrieved 2026-06-05 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/recall/F-1398-2020. Source: US FDA. Licensed CC0.

---

*[Dataset catalog](/datasets/) · [FDA recalls dataset](/datasets/fda-recalls) · CC0 1.0*