Aspen Foods Recalls Frozen, Raw, Stuffed & Breaded Chicken Products Due to Possible Salmonella Enteritidis Contamination

Recall date

July 15, 2015

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Recall number

101-2015

FDA classification

Class I

Sold / distributed

Minnesota

Why it was recalled

Product Contamination

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

WASHINGTON, July 15, 2015 Aspen Foods, A Division of Koch Poultry Company, a Chicago, Ill. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,978,680 pounds of frozen, raw, stuffed and breaded chicken product that may be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The frozen, raw, stuffed and breaded chicken items were produced between April 15, 2015 and July 10, 2015 with best if used by dates between July 14, 2016 and October 10, 2016. Acclaim Antioch Farms Buckley Farms Centrella Signature Chestnut Farms Family Favorites Kirkwood Koch Foods Market Day Oven Cravers Princess Rose Rosebud Farm Roundys Safeway Kitchens Schwans Shaners Spartan Sysco The product subject to recall bears the establishment number P-1358 inside the USDA mark of inspection. This product was shipped to retail stores and food service locations nationwide. FSIS was notified of a cluster of Salmonella Enteritidis illnesses on June 23, 2015. Working in conjunction with Minnesota State Departments of Health and Agriculture, FSIS determined that there is a link between the frozen, raw, stuffed and breaded chicken products from Aspen Foods and this illness cluster. Based on epidemiological evidence and traceback investigations, three case-patients have been identified in Minnesota with illness onset dates ranging from May 9, 2015 to June 8, 2015. FSIS continues to work with the Minnesota Departments of Health and Agriculture as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on this investigation. Consumption of food contaminated with Salmonella can cause salmonellosis, one of the most common bacterial foodborne illnesses. The most common symptoms of salmonellosis are diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever within 12 to 72 hours after exposure to the organism. The illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days. Most people recover without treatment. In some persons, however, the diarrhea may be so severe that the patient…