Posted on 10/11/2024 11:30:17 AM PDT by Red Badger
A food processing company has recalled nearly 10 million pounds of meat and poultry products manufactured at an Oklahoma plant due to listeria concerns.
“BrucePac, a Durant, Okla. establishment, is recalling approximately 9,986,245 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced.
“The ready-to-eat meat and poultry items were produced from June 19, 2024, to October 8, 2024. These products were shipped to other establishments and distributors nationwide then distributed to restaurants and institutions,” the FSIS stated.
According to the New York Post, BrucePac’s brand names include Urban Bruce and City Grillers.
Per FSIS:
The products subject to recall bear establishment numbers “51205 or P-51205” inside or under the USDA mark of inspection.
The problem was discovered after FSIS performed routine product testing of finished product containing RTE poultry products produced by BrucePac and confirmed those products positive for Listeria monocytogenes. Subsequent FSIS investigation identified BrucePac RTE chicken as the source of the Listeria monocytogenes.
There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a healthcare provider.
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,” the announcement added.
From the New York Post:
The USDA published a full list of products that were recalled.
“Restaurants, institutions, and other establishments are urged not to serve or use these products,” the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said on Wednesday.
“These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.”
The recall includes approximately 75 products.
Review the full list HERE.
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media_file/documents/Recall-028-2024-Product-List.pdf
Millions of pounds of food have been recalled this year alone...
will be lab grown in humongous tanks.
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Where underpaid workers will piss in them. So what else is on the menu?
Evangeline and Priscilla do have to be milked daily. But Stir-Fry and Caprese do not.
“When I was a kid we hardly ever bought meat, eggs or dairy products.”
I grew up in inner-city Milwaukeestan. We got our meat and eggs from my Uncle who had the very first ‘organically certified’ farm in our state. I worked for him (for free!) every summer growing up. He’s 92 and still feisty, as is his 88 year old wife! I learned so much from them!
Dairy we got from a local dairy. Everyone did. If we needed anything that Uncle didn’t provide, it was bought from the local butcher. We made our own sausages and brats with Grandma every year.
For fruit, you went to ‘The Fruit Boat’ which was always a blast! A real boat, docked on the Milwaukee River.
Best treat ever? You could go to Johnson’s Cookie Factory (they made Nabisco products) and for ONE DOLLAR you could get an entire paper sack filled to the top with broken cookies! They tasted better than the whole ones to us kids.
Life used to be a lot of fun back when we were ‘poor’ but didn’t even know it. ;)
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