Plastic container with TRADER JOE&#039 recalled over Listeria risk

Recall date

October 31, 2017

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Official notice title

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Poultry Products Due To Possible Listeria Contamination

Recall number

pha-103117

FDA classification

Public Health Alert

Brand / firm

Ghiringhelli Brothers

Sold / distributed

Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah

Why it was recalled

Product Contamination

What was recalled

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2017 The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert due to concerns that salads with chicken meat products produced by Ghiringhelli Specialty Foods, a Vallejo, Calif. establishment, may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes . A recall was not requested because it is believed that all products are no longer in commerce and are past their Use by dates. The ready-to-eat (RTE) broccoli slaw and kale salads with chicken meat items were produced from Oct. 3, 2017 through Oct. 6, 2017. The following product is subject to the public health alert: [ View Label (PDF Only)] 9.3-oz. plastic container with TRADER JOE'S Broccoli Slaw & Kale Salad with White Chicken Meat with use by dates of: 10/10/2017, 10/11/2017, 10/12/2017 and 10/13/2017 and lot codes of: 70327610, 70427710, 70527810 and 70627910, respectively. The products bear establishment number EST. P-17156 inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to retail locations in Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah. The problem was discovered on Oct. 20, 2017 when the firm received notification from their supplier that the broccoli products used in the chicken salads were included in a U.S. Food & Drug Administration recall due to potential contamination with L. monocytogenes . The firm notified FSIS on Oct. 21, 2017. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions 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. 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 symp…