About 10 million pounds of beef and chicken According to US regulators, possible Listeria contamination can be found in frozen dinners and fresh salads from major grocery chains including Trader Joe’s, Jenny Craig, Amazon Fresh and Kroger, hence the recall.
One updated list The recipes released Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture include popular meals like Dole Classic Cobb Salad, Trader Joe’s Lemon Chicken and Arugula Salad and Tarragon Chicken Salad Wraps. Also on the list are Amazon Fresh Fiesta and Caesar Salad and Jenny Craig’s Classic Chicken Carbonara.
According to food safety experts, Listeria can survive in frozen foods.
The 203-page list is the most comprehensive list ever published by the US Department of Agriculture. In addition to branding and packaging, the list identifies which supermarkets sold potentially contaminated chicken and beef.
of agency first list The October 9 release caused confusion because it provided only product codes and abbreviations that were difficult, if not impossible, for buyers to understand.
“We are updating all product labels as soon as we have information,” a USDA spokesperson told The Post.
Last week, the federal agency said Durant, Okla.-based Bruisepack was recalling 10 million pounds of its ready-to-eat meat sold to grocery stores, restaurants and institutions after discovering the presence of listeria in some of its poultry products. Took it.
“This recall is concerning because of its sheer scale — nearly 10 million pounds of ready-to-eat chicken distributed through popular brands like Trader Joe’s, Amazon Fresh, Kroger and Dole,” said Patrick Quade, chief executive of iwaspoisoned.com. ” Tracks food-borne illnesses.
“Such widespread distribution and inclusion of frozen items and fresh food increases the risk that contaminated products may still be in consumers’ refrigerators and freezers, increasing the likelihood of future illness reports,” Quade said. She goes.”
So far, no illnesses have been reported by consumers, according to the USDA, which has been on the hot seat since Boar’s Head Listeria Recall More than 7 million pounds of cold cuts were sold in July, resulting in 10 deaths and dozens of hospitalizations.
The agency has come under criticism because the Boar’s Head processing plant in Jarrett, Virginia, where the contaminated meat was produced, had a history of multiple inspection violations of which the agency was aware.
Now the USDA is conducting an investigation that could result in criminal charges against a century-old, family-owned business based in Sarasota, Florida.
In the case of Bruspack, the USDA said it discovered the issue after routine testing of poultry products. The test came back positive for Listeria monocytogenes, a species of bacteria that causes infection. In severe cases death may occur.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service – a branch of the USDA that serves foreign meat facilities – said in a statement that it is “concerned that some products may be available for use in restaurants, institutions, and other establishments. It may be that These other establishments may have used affected meat and poultry [ready to eat] Products that may be on store shelves or in consumers’ refrigerators or freezers.
Brucepack is responsible for notifying retailers about the recall and stores are responsible for removing potentially tainted products from their shelves. But other than media reports about the recall, access to consumers has been limited.
“The cluster of two large recalls related to Listeria raises concerns about potential vulnerabilities in parts of the ready-to-eat food supply chain,” Quade said.
