Signature Select Tuna A Creamy Blend Of Tuna, Mayonnaise, Celery, Onions & Dill Pickles Salad, Tuna
Safeway, Inc. · Deli Salads · barcode 00021130067428
What stands out
- Recall
2 FDA recalls name this barcode (newest 2016, closed): possible Listeria. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- Recalls2 FDA recalls name this barcode (newest 2016, closed). Details
- Additives1 ingredient has a label or school-food rule in some states. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of deli salads show what's typical. See levels
Fish advice for pregnancy, breastfeeding and children
On FDA and EPA's fish chart: Tuna, canned light (includes skipjack): Best Choice; Tuna, albacore/white tuna, canned and fresh/frozen: Good Choice; Tuna, yellowfin: Good Choice; Tuna, bigeye: Choice to Avoid.
FDA and EPA advise people who are or may become pregnant, people who are breastfeeding, and parents of children 1 to 11:
- Pregnant or breastfeeding: 2 to 3 servings a week from the Best Choices list, or 1 serving a week from the Good Choices list. A serving is 4 ounces.
- Children: 2 servings a week from the Best Choices list. A serving is about 1 ounce at ages 1 to 3, 2 ounces at 4 to 7, 3 ounces at 8 to 10, and 4 ounces at 11.
Source: FDA and EPA, Advice about Eating Fish (revised October 2021). Mercury in fish FDA tested
FDA recalls
- 2016-07-06 · Class I · Terminated Safeway Tuna Salad is recalled due to a potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This product was made with one lot of onion which was recalled by supplier.Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. - Century: Safeway Tuna Salad, Refrigerated, Retail package, Net wt. 15 oz. UPC 021130 06742 8. Safeway Tuna Salad, Refrigerated, Foodservice package, net wt. 3 lbs. UPC 0 71117 06036 2. Recall F-1579-2016 details
- 2014-01-01 · Class I · Terminated The recalled products are potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.: The Deli Counter Premium Tuna Salad, Formula PT.61 packaged in 6/15-oz (UPC 021130067428) and 2/3-lb (UPC 071117060362) carton cases. Distributed by Safeway Inc., Pleasanton, CA. Recall F-1217-2014 details
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-08-31). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Bleached flour
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. Source
- Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source
- Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
Typical for deli salads
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Cadmium: typically 14.3 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1 kg (2.2 lb) a day; an adult at about 4.9 kg (11 lb).One serving (1/2 cup, 100 g, from the label):10% of a toddler's daily limit2% of an adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Cabbage, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Cabbage, raw: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 5.51, highest 14 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 24.8, highest 42 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Cabbage, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cabbage, raw: found in 2 of 27 samples, average 0.38, highest 6.6 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 2 of 27 samples, average 0.32, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Mayonnaise, regular, bottled: found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Potato, boiled (w/out peel): found in 5 of 20 samples, average 0.38, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.
"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.
Not tested
No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.
Ingredients (from the label)
TUNA (TUNA FISH, WATER, VEGETABLE BROTH [PEA AND CARROT], SALT), MAYONNAISE (SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, EGG YOLKS, VINEGAR, SALT), CELERY, BREADCRUMBS (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, YEAST, SUGAR, SALT), ONION, DILL PICKLE CUBES (CUCUMBERS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, NATURAL FLAVORING, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE], ALUM, TURMERIC, POLYSORBATE 80), VINEGAR, SUGAR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, WATER, SALT, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), GLUCONO DELTA LACTONE, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-08-31. Labels change; check the package.