The listeria-launched recall of nearly 10 million pounds of meat and chicken products has reached the store brands of seven of the top 10 grocery-selling chains in the nation.
So, you’ll want to keep reading if you shop at Walmart, Kroger, Albertson’s, Publix, H-E-B, Target, Meijer, Amazon Fresh, Aldi, Trader Joe’s, Giant Eagle or buy products with chicken by name brands Atkins, Boston Market, Dole, Fresh Express, Rao’s, Michael Angelo’s, Don Pancho’s, Bistro 28, Jenny Craig or El Monterey. This list comprises of a lesser known company in addition to several popular stores and brands.
BrucePac is an Oregon company, but it was at the Durant, Oklahoma, facility where USDA Food Safety Inspection Service testing found listeria in a finished ready-to-eat chicken product. BrucePac announced a recall of all ready-to-eat meat and poultry items made in that facility between June 19 and Oct. 8.
That culminates to about 9,986,245 pounds of beef, pork, turkey — and, most of all, chicken. Initially, the list of products affected were just those sold under BrucePac’s brands, BrucePac, City Grillers and Urban Bruce.
“Because we sell to other companies who resell, repackage, or use our products as ingredients in other foods, we do not have alist of retail products that contain our recalled items,” BrucePac wrote in a release posted to its site on Friday.
That changed late last week. When an ingredient supplier has a foodborne illness problem, all of that supplier’s customers have a foodborne illness problem.
On Thursday night, the additional recalls started being announced with Fresh Express premade salads with chicken and similar salads sold under Walmart’s Marketside brand, Aldi’s Little Salad Bar brand, Trader Joe’s and H-E-B store brands.
By Sunday evening, the list of chicken products involved in the listeria recall filleda203-page PDF. Most of the products are ready-to eat salads with a “best by” date on or before Oct. 13.
Additionally, there are some frozen products, such as the Great Value, Boston Market, H-E-B, El Montrerey, some Amazon Fresh products and others. If you have anything that’s been recalled, return it to the store for a full refund.
Here’s a list:
■ Walmart: Marketside and Great Value.
■ Kroger: Kroger store brand, which might also turn up in the chains owned by Kroger, such as Smith’s, Ralphs, Dillon’s and King Soopers.
■ Albertsons: Signature Select (this includes all the chains owned by Albertsons, including Safeway and Vons).
■ Costco: Red’s Mini Burritos.
■ Amazon Fresh: Amazon Fresh brand ready-to-eat and frozen dishes.
■ Aldi: Little Salad Bar ready-to eat salads and Fusia.
■ Target: Good & Gather ready to eat salads and frozen meal.
■ Trader Joe’s: Trader Joe’s ready to-eat salads and frozen meals.
■ Burrito 28: Chicken Quesadilla, Chicken Street Taco, Chicken Burrito Bowl, Green Chile Chicken Enchilada express meal kits (posted to the FDA site).
■ Don Pancho’s: Chicken Quesadilla, Chicken Street Taco, Green Chile Chicken Enchilada express meal kits (posted to the FDA site).
■ Dole: Ready-to-eat salads. And among the frozen foods:
■ H-E-B: Three H-E-B frozen chicken meals.
■ El Monterey: Chicken Enchilada meal, Spicy Chipotle Chicken Bowl and Chicken and Cheese Taquitos.
■ Udi’s Gluten Free
■ Atkins
■ Boston Market
■ Eat! Asian Style
■ Gordon Choice
■ Jenny Craig
■ Michael Angelo’s
■ Michelina’s
■ Rao’s
■ Whitson’s Culinary Group Listeria is a foodborne illness that infects about 1,600 people in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 260 of those 1,600 die.
Pregnant women can suffer stillbirths and miscarriages. Usually, children under the age of 5, adults over 65 and people with damaged immune systems get hit hardest by listeria.
Symptoms include headache, muscle aches, fever, sometimes loss of balance and possibly even seizures.