WEST DES MOINES, IOWA  —  All potato salad products with July 21-Aug. 4  expiration  dates have been voluntarily withdrawn from Hy-Vee  deli cases and grab-and-go refrigerator sections  due to safety concerns.  

The potatoes in the  Hy-Vee Potato Salads and Mealtime Potato Salads  had been processed on a line that was presumed to have a  positive microbial  result.  Hy-Vee took immediate action  on July 1 as a precautionary measure.  

The  U.S. Food and Drug Administration  (FDA)  said the withdrawal  included  all sizes and varieties  in, “ Hy-Vee, Hy-Vee Drugstore and Dollar Fresh Market locations — as we well as Hy-Vee Fast and Fresh convenience stores — across the company’s eight-state region of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,  South Dakota  and Wisconsin .”