Food safety recall round-up 10-16 February 2017
Taylor Farms action due to Sargento Foods recall
US: Taylor Farms is recalling 6,630 pounds of chicken and pork salad that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm).
Taylor Farms in Dallas, Texas and Tracy, California and headquartered in Salinas, California produced and packaged products from February 6-9, said the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS).
The recall involves 10.5 oz. plastic trays of “Signature Café Southwest Style Salad with Chicken” with “Use by” dates: 2/13/17, 2/14/17, 2/15/17 or 2/16/17 and 8.25 oz. plastic trays of “H-E-B Shake Rattle & Bowl Rowdy Ranch Hand (contains pork)” with “Use by” dates: 2/17/17, 2/18/17 or 2/19/17.
They were shipped to distribution centers in Los Angeles and Tracy, California; Portland, Oregon; and Houston, Roanoke and San Antonio, Texas.
The problem was discovered when both establishments were notified by Sargento Foods which supplies Bevel Shred Pepperjack cheese to Taylor Farm. Cheese is being recalled by Sargento Foods due to potential Lm contamination.
FSIS and the company are concerned product may be in consumers’ refrigerators.