Plastic packages containing one Ham & Cheddar Wrap recalled over Listeria risk

Recall date

February 24, 2017

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Official notice title

Fsis Issues Public Health Alert for Meat and Poultry Wraps Due to Possible Listeria Contamination

Recall number

pha-022417

FDA classification

Public Health Alert

Brand / firm

JLM Manufacturing

Sold / distributed

Illinois, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio

Why it was recalled

Product Contamination

What was recalled

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2017 The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert due to concerns that meat and poultry wraps produced by JLM Manufacturing, a Shelby Township, Mich. establishment, may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes . A recall was not requested because it is believed that all products have been consumed and are past their Best by dates. The PREMO Brand wraps were produced on Jan. 23, 2017 and Jan. 25, 2017 and have Best by dates of Feb. 12, 2017 and Feb. 14, 2017. The following products subject to the public health alert are: [ View Labels (PDF only)] 5-oz plastic packages containing one Ham & Cheddar Wrap. 5-oz plastic packages containing one Italian Wrap. 5-oz plastic packages containing one Tuscan Chicken Wrap. The products bear establishment number EST. 45360 or P-45360 inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to retail locations in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wisconsin and West Virginia. The problem was discovered when the firm received notification from the cheese supplier that the cheese ingredient utilized in the meat and poultry wraps was included in an expanded cheese recall due to potential contamination with L. monocytogenes . There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Consumption of food contaminated with L. monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily affects older adults, persons with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women and their newborns. Less commonly, persons outside these risk groups are affected. Listeriosis can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms. An invasive infection spreads beyond the gastrointestinal tract. In pregnant women, the infection can cause miscarriages, stillbirths, prem…