B & R Meat Processing Recalls Pork Products Due to Possible Processing Deviation and Staphylococcal Enterotoxin Contamination

Recall date

April 18, 2015

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Recall number

064-2015

FDA classification

Class I

Brand / firm

B & R Meat Processing

Sold / distributed

Arkansas

Why it was recalled

Processing Defect; 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

EDITORS NOTE: Details of this recall were updated on April 22, 2015 to reflect additional product. WASHINGTON, April 18, 2015 B & R Meat Processing, a Winslow, Ark. establishment, is recalling approximately 2,129 pounds of pork products due to a possible processing deviation that may have led to staphylococcal enterotoxin contamination, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The cured and uncured pork items were produced on various dates between June 9, 2014 and April 1, 2015. The following products are subject to recall: [ View Labels ] 1-lb. cryovac packages of B & R MEAT PROCESSING CURED HAM PORK SAUSAGE. 1-lb. cryovac packages of B & R MEAT PROCESSING CURED PORK CANADIAN BACON. 1-lb. cryovac packages of B & R MEAT PROCESSING CURED RATTLESNAKE PORK. 1 to 2-lb. cryovac packages of B & R MEAT PROCESSING CURED HAM PORK. 0.5 to 1-lb. cryovac packages of B & R MEAT PROCESSING CURED PORK JOWLS. 1-lb. cryovac packages B & R MEAT PROCESSING CURED AR PORK BACON. 1-lb. cryovac packages of B & R MEAT PROCESSING UNCURED SMOKED PORK BACON. 0.5 to 1-lb cryovac packages of B&R MEAT PROCESSING SMOKED PORK JOWLS. 0.5 to 1-lb cryovac packages of B&R MEAT PROCESSING PORK HOCKS. 1-lb cryovac packages of B&R MEAT PROCESSING UNCURED PORK CANADIAN BACON. 1-lb cryovac packages of B&R MEAT PROCESSING CURED BACON PORK 1 to 2-lb cryovac packages of B&R MEAT PROCESSING UNCURED SMOKED PORK HAM. 1 to 2-lb cryovac packages of B&R MEAT PROCESSING UNCURED SMOKED PORK AR BACON. The products subject to recall bear the establishment number Est. 46910 inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items produced were shipped to local stores and farmers markets in Arkansas. The problem was discovered when an FSIS inspector was conducting a Food Safety Assessment and observed a processing deviation. FSIS and the company have received no reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness shou…