5,946 pounds of bulk cases containing 200 Kabobs MONTE CRISTO TURKEY BREAST recalled over Listeria risk

Recall date

May 10, 2017

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Official notice title

Kabob's Acquisition, Inc. Recalls Meat and Poultry Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination

Recall number

047-2017

FDA classification

Class I

Brand / firm

Kabobs Aquisition, LLC

Sold / distributed

Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas

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

WASHINGTON, May 10, 2017 Kabobs Acquisition, Inc., a Lake City, Ga. establishment, is recalling approximately 5,946 pounds of turkey and ham sandwich products which included a non-meat ingredient that was recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes , the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The Monte Cristo (turkey, ham, cheese, on French toast) sandwiches were produced from May 1, 2014 through February 1, 2017. The following products are subject to recall: [ View Label (PDF Only)] 13.125-lb. bulk cases containing 200 Kabobs MONTE CRISTO TURKEY BREAST, HAM AND CHEESE SANDWICH in shrink wrapped plastic trays and bearing case codes: PM14E27, PM14H14, PM14J10, PM14E01, PM14E12, PM14E13, PM15C26, PM15E06, PM15G23, PM14L18, PM15A08, PM15C26, PM15K20, PM16B08, PM16B09, PM16F22, PM16F24, and PM17B21. The products subject to recall bear establishment number P-6640 inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to institutional locations in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas. The problem was discovered when Kabobs Acquisition, Inc., was notified by their French toast ingredient supplier, that the French toast used in the sandwich products was recalled due to potential Lm contamination. 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, premature delivery or life-threatening infection o…