Perdue Premium Meat Company product recalled over undeclared allergens

Recall date

July 1, 2023

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Official notice title

Perdue Premium Meat Company, Inc., DBA Alexander & Hornung Recalls Brookside Brand Fully Cooked Beef Wiener Products Due to Misbranding and an Undeclared Allergen

Recall number

029-2023

FDA classification

Class I

Brand / firm

Perdue Premium Meat Company, Inc.

Sold / distributed

Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania

Why it was recalled

Misbranding; Unreported Allergens

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

EDITOR’S NOTE: July 31, 2023 – Details of this recall were updated to reflect the addition of 180 pounds of product subject to recall and distribution of products to the states of Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania. Food bank recipients in Michigan are being directly notified that they may have received the affected product. WASHINGTON, July 1, 2023 – Perdue Premium Meat Company, Inc., doing business as Alexander & Hornung, a Saint Clair Shores, Mich., establishment, is recalling approximately 3,384 pounds of fully cooked beef wiener products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The product may actually contain smoked sausage, which contains milk, a known allergen, which is not declared on the wiener product label. The fully cooked beef wiener items were produced May 3, 2023. The following product is subject to recall [ view label ]: 2-lbs. vacuum-sealed packages labeled “BROOKSIDE BRAND FULLY COOKED NATURAL CASING BEEF WIENERS” with the lot code 3121, case code 07658, and sell by date of 8/1/23. The product subject to recall bears the establishment number “EST 10125” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to retail and foodbank locations in Michigan, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The problem was discovered when the establishment notified FSIS that one of their customers reported receiving product labeled as beef wieners in cartons labeled as hot smoked sausage. The vacuum-sealed packages labeled as beef wieners were then found to contain the smoked sausages. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider. FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ refrigerators. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the plac…