FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Pork and Poultry Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination

Recall date

May 9, 2017

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Recall number

pha-050917

FDA classification

Public Health Alert

Why it was recalled

Product Contamination

What was recalled

Retail Distribution List (Jun 7, 2017) WASHINGTON, May 9, 2017 The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert due to concerns that frozen ready-to-eat fried chicken and pork sausage products produced by Pinnacle Foods, Inc., a Jackson, Tenn. establishment, may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes . Pinnacle Foods, Inc. has already recalled these products in its recall of its Food and Drug Administration-regulated products. FSIS is issuing this Public Health Alert out of the utmost of caution to ensure consumers are aware that these products, that bear the FSIS mark of inspection detailed below, are subject to the Pinnacle Foods, Inc. recall. The frozen ready-to-eat fried chicken and pork sausage items were produced from Feb. 4, 2016 to May 4, 2017. The following products are subject to the public health alert: 5.5-oz. individual frozen microwavable dinners containing French toast and a pork sausage patty with Aunt Jemima FRENCH TOAST AND SAUSAGE printed on the label and bearing UPC code 051000063915. 16-oz. individual frozen microwavable dinners containing a waffle and a fried chicken piece with HUNGRY-MAN Selects BONELESS FRIED CHICKEN & WAFFLES printed on the label and bearing UPC code 658276202903. The products bear establishment number EST. 9132 or P-138 inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide. The problem was discovered when the company notified FSIS that results from environmental samples received May 1, 2017 were preliminary for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes . There have been no confirmed reports of illnesses due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a health care provider. 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. L…