Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Salads and Wrap Products recalled

Timeline

Companies usually start a recall weeks before the FDA classifies and publishes it; the gap above is that lag.

Reason for recall

Array. J&J Distributing, a St. Paul, Minn., establishment, is recalling approximately 33 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry salads and wrap products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm), the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.   The fully cooked, not shelf stable salads and wraps were produced and packaged on Feb. 23, 2021 and list a “Sell-by” date of Feb. 28, 2021 on the packaging label. The following products are subject to recall: 9-oz. plastic container of “COBB SALAD” on the product label. 10-oz. plastic container of “Because life is delicious. tastebuds Bacon Lettuce Avocado Tomato Wrap” on the label. 10-oz. plastic container of “Because life is delicious. tastebuds Turkey Ranch Club Wrap” on the label. 10-oz. plastic container of “Because life is delicious. tastebuds Chicken Caesar Wrap” on the label. 12-oz. plastic container of “Because life is delicious. tastebuds Southwest Style Chicken Salad” on the label. 12-oz. plastic container of “Southwest Style Chicken Salad” on the label. The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 38450” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to retail locations in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The problem was discovered when the firm received confirmation from their third-party lab that a product contact surface sample returned positive for Lm. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these

Listeria monocytogenes can grow at refrigerator temperatures. Infection is most dangerous for pregnant women, newborns, older adults and people with weakened immune systems. Symptoms can appear up to 70 days after eating contaminated food.

Product as listed by the USDA

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Where it was distributed

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