Reser’s Fine Foods recalls chicken, ham and beef products over Listeria risk

Reser’s Fine Foods, a frozen prepared foods manufacturer in the US, is recalling approximately 22,800lbs of chicken, ham and beef products, as they could potentially be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

According to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), these products are being recalled in conjunction with other foods regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The recalled products that are regulated by the FSIS include Cobble Street Market Chicken Salad, Cross Valley Farms Chicken Salad, Cross Valley Farms Ham Salad, Reser’s Fine Foods White Meat Chicken Salad with Cranberries & Pecans, Reser’s Fine Foods Chicken Salad and Reser’s Fine Foods Ham Salad.

Affected products also include Reser’s Fine Foods Ham Salad Supreme, Millers Bar-B-Que Beans with Beef, Reser’s Fine Foods White Meat Chicken Salad, Classic Chicken Salad, Chef Solutions Cranberry Pecan White Meat Chicken Salad and Stonemill Kitchens Loaded Potato Salad with Bacon.

These products feature the establishment number ‘EST. 13520’ or ‘P-13520’ inside the USDA mark of inspection and UPC codes including 22486 15887, 58108 30149, 58108 30166, 71117 11392, 71117 11400, 71117 11402, 71117 14139, 71117 14179, 71117 19008, 71117 68007, 77509 63308 and 71117 61502.

The implicated products were distributed to retail and distribution centres in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

The problem was noticed at the facility during microbiological testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

Further investigations by the FDA revealed there was potential cross contamination of products with Listeria monocytogenes from product contact surfaces.

There have been no reported illnesses to date associated with the consumption of these products and consumers concerned about an illness have been advised to contact a healthcare provider.

Classified as Class I, the recall indicates a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product could cause serious, adverse health consequences.