Buddy's Kitchen Recalls Beef Barbacoa Panini Focaccia for Listeria or Salmonella Risk
Buddy's Kitchen is recalling Beef Barbacoa on Panini Focaccia due to potential Listeria or Salmonella contamination linked to a McCain Foods recall.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves high-risk pathogens (Listeria and Salmonella) without reported illness, which meets the criteria for a High severity score.
Plain-English summary
Buddy's Kitchen, Inc. is recalling Beef Barbacoa on Panini Focaccia, Item 70659. The product is sold in 14.85 lb cases containing 36 6.60 oz portions and is intended for institutional use. The recall involves 1,279 cases with specific lot dates from May 2018 to July 2018.
The recall is being conducted in response to a recall by McCain Foods due to potential Listeria or Salmonella contamination. The affected product was distributed in Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, and Oklahoma.
Consumers and institutions who purchased this product should check their inventory for the specific lot numbers listed in the recall notice. If the product is found, it should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Beef Barbacoa on Panini Focaccia, Item 70659. Net Weight 14.85 lbs. 36 - 6.60 oz. portions. Keep Frozen. For institutional use only. Buddy's Kitchen, Inc., Burnsville, MN 55337
- Manufacturer
- Buddy's Kitchen Inc
- Category
- Food — Frozen Prepared Foods
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 1,279
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (6)
- Lot #: 05/01/18
- 05/18/18
- 05/25/18
- 06/04/18
- 06/19/18
- 07/03/18.
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 6 recalled by Buddy's Kitchen Inc under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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