Salata Jalapeño Avocado Dressing recall: three states, gallon jugs, and bottles still in date

The FDA has classified the recall of Salata Salad Kitchen Jalapeño Avocado Dressing as Class I, its most serious category, over potential Salmonella in the diced jalapeños used to make it. When the company announced the recall in August, it named one product and one state: 12-ounce bottles sold at HEB stores in Texas. The FDA's enforcement record now lists Texas, Georgia and North Carolina, adds one-gallon jugs for food service — and shows bottles dated as late as November 25, 2026, which means some may still be in your refrigerator.

Which Salata dressing is recalled

The recalling firm is Salata Dressings, LLC of Houston, Texas. According to the FDA record (recall number H-1398-2026), the recall covers 1,724 cases in two formats. Check the batch number and the expiration date on the label:

The bottle's UPC is 850043706465 (printed as 8 50043-70646 5); its check digit is valid. The gallon jugs ship four to a case and are a food-service size. The dressing is a refrigerated product.

What the FDA record adds to the August notice

Salata's recall notice, dated August 11 and published by the FDA on August 14, was short: a "12 oz" plastic bottle with a black cap, four Best By dates from 11/05 to 11/25/2026, sold at HEB grocery stores in Texas between July 13 and August 5. It gave no UPC and no batch numbers.

The FDA classified the recall on September 29, and its weekly enforcement report carried it on October 7. That record is more complete:

• Three states — Georgia, North Carolina and Texas — instead of Texas alone;
• A second format, one-gallon jugs, with earlier expiration dates in October;
• A UPC and batch numbers for every lot;
• The bottle size as 12.5 fl oz (369 mL), where the notice said 12 oz.

None of this contradicts the company's notice, but anyone who read only the August announcement outside Texas would have had no reason to check.

How to read the batch number

The batch numbers follow a visible pattern. The record gives production dates for the gallon jugs — July 8, 16, 21 and 28, 2026 — and their batches begin with 2628, 2629, 2630 and 2631. Those are exactly weeks 28 to 31 of 2026. The first four digits appear to be the year and the week of production, and the bottles use the same four prefixes. On a bottle, the part to compare is that prefix plus the number after the dash.

Part of the 2026 jalapeño recalls

The dressing is one of the products the FDA lists among the 2026 recalls tied to fresh jalapeños from a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, distributed by Coast Citrus Distributors. The FDA's table lists five firms, including Salata Dressings. According to the FDA, the outbreak made 488 people sick in 34 states, with 65 hospitalizations and no deaths; illnesses began between June 16 and August 26, and the CDC declared the outbreak over on October 2. We covered the start of it in One pepper, dozens of brands.

No illnesses have been reported in connection with the Salata dressing. The company says its supplier notified it that the diced jalapeños might be contaminated.

An outbreak being over is not the same as the product being gone. The FDA itself notes that "some of these products have longer shelf lives." A refrigerated dressing dated November 25 is exactly that kind of product. Because a dressing is not cooked before eating, nothing kills Salmonella that might be present.