Illinois Firm Recalls Chicken Products Produced Without Adequate Ready-To-Eat HACCP Plan and a Listeria Monocytogenes Program

EDITORS NOTE: Details of this recall were updated on Jan. 30, 2015 to reflect additional product. WASHINGTON, Jan. S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The recall is being edited to include an additional 1,248 pounds of chicken tamales produced from Dec. 1, 2014, through Jan. 5, 2015 with the establishment number P-6794 inside the USDA mark of inspection. On Jan.

17, 2015, the company recalled 8,856 pounds of chicken tamales produced from Dec. 1, 2014, through Jan. 5, 2015. The following products listed below were included in the initial recall:[ Labels (PDF Only)] 2 packs of 6 tamales in each vacuum-packed bag of LA GUADALUPANA CHICKEN TAMALES The products bear the establishment number P-21094 inside the USDA mark of inspection with packaging dates from Nov.

19, 2014 through Jan. 4, 2015 on the label. The products were produced from Dec. 1, 2014 through Jan. 19, 2014 through Jan. 2, 2015. La Guadalupana Wholesales co-packer did not conduct a hazard analysis to determine the food safety hazards reasonably likely to occur in the cryovacing process and did not identify the preventive measures the establishment could apply to control those hazards.

The chicken tamales are a RTE product and fall within the Fully Cooked Not Shelf Stable category. As such, their production requires an Lm program. The product is also processed by means of physical handling and packaging, thus further requiring a HACCP plan. They were distributed for retail sale in Chicago, Ill.

The problem was discovered by an FSIS inspector, who was conducting a sanitation task in the co-packers establishment and saw plant personnel handling the RTE product in a room where raw product is also handled.

An investigation was conducted and found that the co-packer had not conducted an RTE hazard analysis, developed or implemented a HACCP plan for the chicken tamales, or developed and implemented an Lm testing program. Thus, there is no assurance the products are wholesome and; therefore, safe for consumption. Consequently, the products may support the growth of pathogens that may be detrimental to health.

FSIS and the company have received no reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider. FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers. gov/recalls .

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Processing Defect; Product Contamination