Taylor Farm - Pacific product recalled over Listeria risk

Recall date

February 11, 2017

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Official notice title

Taylor Farms Recalls Chicken and Pork Salad Products Due To Possible Listeria Contamination

Recall number

012-2017

FDA classification

Class I

Brand / firm

Taylor Farm - Pacific

Sold / distributed

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

EDITORS NOTE (Feb 15, 2017): This release is being reissued after it was determined that one product was listed twice. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2017 Two Taylor Farms establishments, located in Dallas, Texas and in Tracy, California, and headquartered in Salinas, California, are recalling approximately 6,630 pounds of chicken and pork salad products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes ( Lm ), the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today The firms produced and packaged the products from Feb. 6-9, 2017. The following products are subject to recall: [ View Labels (PDF Only)] 10.5 oz. plastic trays of Signature CafÇ Southwest Style Salad with Chicken with the following USE BY dates: 2/13/17, 2/14/17, 2/15/17 or 2/16/17. 8.25 oz. plastic trays of H-E-B Shake Rattle & Bowl Rowdy Ranch Hand (contains pork) with the following USE BY dates: 2/17/17, 2/18/17 or 2/19/17. The products subject to recall bear either establishment number M/P-34013 or M/P-34733 inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to distribution centers in Los Angeles and Tracy, Calif.; Portland, Ore; and Houston, Roanoke and San Antonio, Texas. The problem was discovered on Feb. 10, 2017, when both establishments were notified by Sargento Foods, Inc., which supplies Bevel Shred Pepperjack cheese products to the Taylor Farms establishments. The cheese products are being recalled by Sargento Foods, Inc. out an abundance of caution due to potential Lm contamination. FSIS and the company are 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 place of purchase. 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 r…