Einstein Bros. Bagels in the Mary Graydon Center has indefinitely suspended service of its salmon products due to food contamination, according to Bon Appétit Resident District Manager Derek Nottingham. Bon Appétit manages the vendor at AU.
Einstein’s in MGC opened for the semester on Jan. 14 and since then has not been serving the “Nova Lox & Bagel” option, which contains salmon.
Einstein’s chains nationwide have stopped serving salmon supplied by Marinos Delifish. Traces of Listeria monocytogenes were found in some of its smoked salmon products.
Listeria monocytogenes can cause headache, nausea, high fever and other relatively minor symptoms, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The germ can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths in pregnant women.
“[Einstein’s] doesn’t want products out that don’t meet their standards,” Nottingham said. “They [Einstein’s] said they would have a solution two weeks ago, but it just keeps getting postponed and postponed.”
Chris Polito, the director of food safety and quality assurance at Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, which owns Einstein Bros. Bagels, did not return requests for comment in time for publication.
“It’s driving me up a wall,” Nottingham said.
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