Costco Rotisserie Chicken Faces Lawsuits Over Salmonella and False Advertising
*Costco’s beloved $5 rotisserie chicken is at the center of two separate legal battles raising questions about food safety and marketing honesty, All Recipes reports. The first lawsuit, filed in January in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, takes aim at the chicken’s packaging. The complaint alleges Costco “systemically cheated customers […] The post Costco Rotisserie Chicken Faces Lawsuits Over Salmonella and False Advertising appeared first on EURweb | Black News, Culture, Entertainment & More.
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*Costco’s beloved $5 rotisserie chicken is at the center of two separate legal battles raising questions about food safety and marketing honesty, All Recipes reports.
The first lawsuit, filed in January in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, takes aim at the chicken’s packaging. The complaint alleges Costco “systemically cheated customers out of tens — if not hundreds — of millions of dollars by falsely advertising its Kirkland Signature Seasoned Rotisserie Chicken as containing ‘no preservatives.'” The false advertising claim stops short of alleging any direct health danger to consumers.
The second lawsuit, filed in February, goes further. That class-action complaint draws on a 2025 report from the nonprofit Farm Forward, which found that Lincoln Premium Poultry — Costco’s chicken supplier — has repeatedly earned the USDA’s lowest possible grade for Salmonella contamination. A Category 3 designation flags a processing facility for surpassing the federal threshold for positive Salmonella samples across a full year of testing. Farm Forward’s report places Lincoln alongside Perdue, Foster Farms, Cargill, and Butterball as repeat recipients of that rating.
Costco has moved to have the second suit dismissed, with attorneys arguing that the chicken’s fully cooked preparation eliminates any Salmonella risk. Lincoln Premium Poultry has also previously stated that it treats product safety “as an utmost concern” and pledged to improve its processes.
Anyone exposed to Salmonella may begin experiencing illness anywhere from a few hours to nearly a week after contact, with common symptoms including digestive distress and fever. While most people recover without medical intervention, serious cases can require hospitalization.
No active recalls currently exist for Costco chickens — the most recent Salmonella-driven recall occurred well over a decade ago.
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