Recall Expanded to Include 2 Million Pounds of Meat

Dec. 15, 2021

A Michigan-based institution has vastly expanded its callback of nutrient that whitethorn beryllium contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Alexander & Hornung is present recalling 2,320,774 pounds of nutrient products, with an expanded database of cooked ham and pepperoni products, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said successful a quality release.

The first recall, announced Dec. 5, was for 234,391 pounds of cooked ham and pepperoni products.

The nutrient being recalled tin beryllium identified by looking astatine the circular USDA people of inspection connected the label. All the recalled products transportation the constitution fig “EST. M10125,” the FSIS said.

People who find the nutrient products successful their refrigerators oregon freezers should propulsion it out.

The institution has provided an expanded list of recalled products with much sell-by dates. Not each the products transportation the Alexander and Hornung brand. Some are backstage statement products for retail customers.

“The affected products are being recalled arsenic a precaution owed to imaginable vulnerability to Listeria monocytogenes,” Alexander & Hornung said successful a quality release. “While determination person been nary illnesses oregon complaints associated with the products and determination is nary conclusive grounds that the products were contaminated astatine the clip of shipment, the voluntary callback is being initiated retired of an abundance of caution.”

Whole Foods is recalling its Wellshire Farms Fully Cooked Hams due to the fact that Alexander & Hornung is simply a co-packer for the product, a news release says. Five kinds of Wellshire ham are being recalled.

Eating nutrient contaminated with L. monocytogenes can origin listeriosis, which is much superior than listeria and is sometimes fatal. The astir susceptible groups see seniors, radical with weakened immune systems, and large women and their newborns, the FSIS said.

Symptoms of listeriosis see headaches, stiff necks, confusion, nonaccomplishment of balance, and convulsions. Symptoms whitethorn hap close distant oregon weeks aft eating the meat.