February 20, 2007

More Recalls - Chicken Strips

Filed under: The Menu Mom Chit Chat — christine @ 1:47 am

Even more food recalls. 

  MONDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) — The drumroll for tainted food continued Monday with a nationwide recall of Oscar Mayer chicken breast strips for bacterial contamination.The recall by Carolina Culinary Foods of West Columbia, S.C., involves 52,650 pounds of fully cooked chicken breasts produced on Jan. 9 and distributed nationwide to retailers.

The six-ounce packages are labeled “OSCAR MAYER/LOUIS RICH CHICKEN BREAST STRIPS WITH RIB MEAT, GRILLED, FULLY COOKED — READY TO EAT.” Each package has the number “P-19676″ inside the USDA inspection mark on front and a use-by-date of “19 Apr 2007″ on back.

According to a statement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a sample of the meat tested in Georgia was contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes, which can cause listeriosis, a rare but serious infection. There have been no reported cases of illness linked to the recalled chicken, the agency said.

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