Listeria recall grows to 5.4 million kilograms of meat and poultry

[riversedge]

Source: voanews.com





October 16, 2024 3:42 PM

A nationwide recall of meat and poultry products potentially contaminated with listeria has expanded to nearly 15.4 million kilograms (12 million pounds) and now includes ready-to-eat meals sent to U.S. schools, restaurants and major retailers, federal officials said.

The updated recall includes prepared salads, burritos and other foods sold at stores including Costco, Trader Joe's, Target, Walmart and Kroger. The meat used in those products was processed at a Durant, Oklahoma, manufacturing plant operated by BrucePac. The Woodburn, Oregon-based company sells precooked meat and poultry to industrial, foodservice and retail companies across the country.

Routine testing found potentially dangerous listeria bacteria in samples of BrucePac chicken, officials with the U.S. Agriculture Department said. No illnesses have been confirmed in connection with the recall, USDA officials said. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not launched an outbreak investigation, a spokesperson said.

The recall, issued on October 9, includes foods produced between May 31 and October 8. The USDA has posted a 342-page list of hundreds of potentially affected foods, including chicken wraps sold at Trader Joe's, chicken burritos sold at Costco and many types of salads sold at stores such as Target and Walmart. The foods were also sent to school districts and restaurants across the country.

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[wolfie001]

1. Something tells me private equity is involved

They are pitiless mother fuckers. Should be taxed exponentially!!!

[RussBLib]

2. Trump would let the foodmakers do their thing

...people die? You take your chances. Caveat emptor, they don't need no stinkin' regs on food.

Btw....

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. That seems to be the attitude of every generic Republican.

[Granny Blue]

4. Thank You Newt Gingrich!

I remember when Newt Gingrich forced the meat inspectors to become private employees of the meat packing corporations instead of being employed, trained, supervised and paid by the federal government and stationed in meat packing plants across the country. This was when the word “privatisation” entered the lexicon. I was a young woman raising a family at the time and I had never heard of a meat recall or food contamination. Now they happen every week! Everyone who has ever gotten food poisoning or lost a loved one to food poisoning needs to thank a Republican, who unleashed this hell on us in the name of “cutting government waste”!

[oasis]

5. Newt has been despicable scum for decades.