Al Shabrawy product recalled over undeclared allergens

Recall date

August 10, 2016

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Official notice title

Al Shabrawy Incorporated Recalls Meat and Poultry Products Due To Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens

Recall number

070-2016 EXP

FDA classification

Class I

Brand / firm

Al Shabrawy Inc.

Sold / distributed

California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania

Why it was recalled

Misbranding; Unreported Allergens

Class I is the FDA’s most serious recall level: there is a reasonable probability that using this product will cause serious harm or death.

What was recalled

EDITORS NOTE: This release is being reissued as an expansion of the August 6, 2016 recall to include additional products. The first recall 070-2016 on August 6, 2016, recalled an undetermined amount of basterma, sausage, soujouk, salami, mortadella, makanek, and bologna products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The expansion of the recall is based on evidence provided by FSIS that all package sizes and brands of the products produced during the initial recall dates of January 1, 2015 to August 4, 2016 are misbranded as described in the initial recall. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2016 Al Shabrawy Meat Inc., a South River, N.J. establishment, is recalling an undetermined amount of meat and poultry products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. Some of the products contain pistachio nut and soy, known allergens, which are not declared on the product label. The basterma, sausage, soujouk, salami, mortadella, makanek, bologna, Lahmajun (meat pie) and other sausage-like items were produced on various dates between Jan. 1, 2015 and Aug. 4, 2016. The following products are subject to recall: [ View Labels (PDF Only)] TAZAH, SULTAN, & YORUK SLICED BASTERMA cryovaced and weighed at the time of sale AL MARAAI, AL HALU, BAROODY, & AL SHABRAWY SLICED AND WHOLE BASTERMA cryovaced and weighed at the time of sale AL SHABRAWY, TAZAH, & BAROODY MAKANEK cryovaced and weighed at the time of sale TAZAH EGYPTIAN STYLE FRESH SAUSAGE cryovaced and weighed at the time of sale AL SHABRAWY FRESH SAUSAGE cryovaced and weighed at the time of sale BAROODY & SULTAN DRIED SOUJOUK cryovaced and weighed at the time of sale SEVAN LAHMAJUN cryovaced and weighed at the time of sale 1-lb. plastic tubes (chubs) of AL SHABRAWY PLAIN, OLIVE, & BLACK PEPPER SALAMI 5-lb. plastic tubes (chubs) of AL SHABRAWY PLAIN, OLIVE, & BLACK PEPPER SALAMI 1-lb. plastic tubes (chubs) of AL SHABRAWY OLIVE & PISTACHIO…