The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is issuing a public health alert due to concerns that the salad dressing component of ready-to-eat salad products containing meat and poultry may contain egg, milk, peanut, or wheat, known allergens, which are not declared on the product labels.

A public health alert has been issued for a ready-to-eat chicken salad product containing a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulated salad dressing that has been recalled by the producer due to concerns that the salad dressing may contain hard plastic.