Reser’s Fine Foods is recalling certain meal kits because they contained recalled chicken from an outside ingredient supplier (BrucePac). The raw material supplier recall is due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
Bruce Pack, Durant, Oklahoma, announced a recall of 9,986,245 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products after testing positive for Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Photos of specific products and labels found here.
The recalled meal kits were distributed in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, and New York. , North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.
About listeria infections
Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled, but it can still cause serious, even life-threatening infections. Anyone who has eaten any of the recalled products and develops symptoms of listeria infection should seek medical treatment and tell the doctor about the possibility of listeria infection.
It can also take up to 70 days for symptoms of listeriosis to develop after exposure to Listeria monocytogenes, so people who have eaten the recalled products should be on the lookout for symptoms in the coming weeks.
Symptoms of Listeria infection include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle pain, severe headache, and neck stiffness. Special laboratory tests are required to diagnose listeria infections, which can mimic other illnesses.
Pregnant women, the elderly, young children, and immunocompromised cancer patients are especially at risk of serious illness, life-threatening infections, other complications, and death. Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild flu-like symptoms, the infection can lead to premature birth, infection of the newborn, and even stillbirth.
Recalled products:
Images of recalled products are found here.
Consumers who purchase these kits should not ingest any part of the kit. Rather, you can return it to the store for a full refund or throw it away.
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