Jennie-O Turkey Store Sales, LLC Recalls Raw Ground Turkey Products due to Possible Salmonella Reading Contamination

Recall date

November 15, 2018

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Recall number

112-2018

FDA classification

Class I

Why it was recalled

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 Nov. 17, 2018 to reflect an additional product and increased weight totals of the other products. Editors Note: FSIS and our public health partners, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state public health officials, are investigating a Salmonella Reading outbreak . Please note that FSIS is continuing to investigate illnesses associated with this widespread outbreak, and additional product from other companies may also be recalled. Salmonella is prevalent and can be present in raw poultry and meat no raw poultry or meat is sterile. In addition to discarding the product associated with this recall, consumers can protect themselves now and in the future by ALWAYS cooking their turkey, and other poultry products thoroughly, to a safe internal temperature of 165 degrees, as measured using a food thermometer. The cooking process kills the Salmonella. No one should be eating partially cooked or raw turkey. Additionally, it is essential that people wash their hands after handling raw poultry, meat, and pet food to avoid cross contamination. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2018 Jennie-O Turkey Store Sales, LLC, a Barron, Wis. establishment, is recalling approximately 147,276 pounds of raw ground turkey products that may be associated with an illness outbreak of Salmonella Reading, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The raw ground turkey products items were produced on September 11, 2018. The following products are subject to recall: [ View Labels (PDF only)] 1-lb. packages of Jennie-O GROUND TURKEY 93% LEAN | 7% FAT with Use by dates of 10/01/2018 and 10/02/2018. 1-lb. packages of Jennie-O TACO SEASONED GROUND TURKEY with a Use by date of 10/02/2018. 1-lb. packages of Jennie-O GROUND TURKEY 85% LEAN | 15% FAT with a Use by date of 10/02/2018. 1-lb. packages of Jennie-O ITALIAN SEASONED GROUND TURKEY with a Use by date of 10/02/2018. 1-lb. package…