8,316 pounds of bags containing MOM’S CHICKEN EXTRA THIN CUTLETS recalled over Listeria risk

Recall date

August 27, 2014

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Official notice title

New Jersey Firm Recalls Breaded Chicken Product For Possible Listeria Contamination

Recall number

055-2014

FDA classification

Class I

Sold / distributed

New Jersey

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, August 27, 2014 TNUVA USA, a Fairfield, N.J., establishment is recalling approximately 8,316 pounds of Mom's Chicken Extra Thin Cutlets product due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes ( Lm ), the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The product was produced on August 18, 2013, and shipped to the company's distributor in New Jersey. FSIS will post complete store locations as the list becomes available on its website at www.fsis.usda.gov . The following product is subject to recall: [ View Labels (PDF Only)] 28.8-oz. (1.8 lb.) bags containing iMOM'S CHICKEN EXTRA THIN CUTLETS, THIN-CUT BREADED CUTLET SHAPED CHICKEN BREAST PATTIES.” Bags bear the Israeli establishment number i209” within the Israeli mark of inspection. The product's expiration date is February 18, 2015, and bears the following UPC number on the packaging: 843426005866. The problem was discovered when FSIS personnel conducted a routine sampling of product which tested positive for Lm . FSIS held the product and it did not enter commerce. Further investigation by FSIS determined that other products were produced on the same line without clean up between products. FSIS and the company are concerned that some product may be frozen and in consumers' freezers. FSIS and the company have received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of these products Consumption of food contaminated with Lm 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,…