FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Processed Breaded Chicken Products Produced Without the Benefit of Inspection

Recall date

July 25, 2014

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Recall number

pha-072514

FDA classification

Public Health Alert

Sold / distributed

Missouri

Why it was recalled

Unfit for Human Consumption

What was recalled

WASHINGTON, July 25, 2014 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert because VU Foods, LLC, a Kansas City, Mo., establishment, refused to issue a recall of breaded chicken products for which there is reason to conclude that they are unfit for human consumption. The products were considered for recall because they were produced without inspection. The products bear the establishment number “P-45038” inside the USDA mark of inspection or on the label. Some labels state that the products were distributed by Tact Foodservice or US Foods. These products will not be identifiable to consumers because they were sent to distributors and labeled for “Use in Restaurant Only.” The following products were shipped to distribution centers: Select Cut – Cubed Chicken Breast Meat (product code: 10800) Select Cut – Cubed Chicken Breast Meat (product code: 10810) Cubed Chicken Breast Meat (product code: 10500) Pre-Battered Chicken Tender (product code: 80022) Boneless All Natural Chicken Breast Nuggets (product code: 8550) Chicken Dark Meat Nuggets (product code: 20505) KIKKA Boneless All Natural Chicken Breast Nuggets, packed exclusively for KIKKA RESTAURANTS The problem was discovered by the state of Missouri, which was assisted by law enforcement to enter a warehouse location and observed products that were produced without the benefit of inspection. The state of Missouri notified FSIS of the facility operating without the benefit of inspection on July 15, 2014. On that same day, the state of Missouri began detaining the breaded chicken products produced at the facility and FSIS began detaining additional products on July 17, 2014. FSIS served a Notice of Suspension to VU Foods, LLC, on July 24, 2014. FSIS is continuing to detain the product in question and is conducting trace forward operations with distribution centers to request the product back from their restaurant customers. The investigation enforcement…