Manda Packing Co. is expanding its recall to include about
468,000 pounds of roast beef, ham, turkey breast, tasso pork, ham shanks, hog
head cheese, corned beef, and pastrami due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Friday.
The recall involves products from the company’s Baker, La.,
facility with sell dates between May 13 and July 2, 2013. Click here for a list
of the products, the “sell by” dates, and the establishment number inside the
USDA mark of inspection.
The products may have been sliced at retail delis, and if so
won’t have this packaging information.
The products were shipped for further distribution, for sale
to stores, and for sale to delis in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
Tennessee, and Texas.
If consumers purchased one of the recalled products, they
can return it to the place it was purchased for a full refund.
The FSIS was alerted to the problem by the Tennessee
Department of Agriculture, who collected a sample of cooked roast beef at a
retail store on April 5, 2013, which later was found to be positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
The recall is being expanded because more samples from
additional production dates have tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
The FSIS and the company have received no reports of
illnesses associated with eating these products.
