Breakfast burritos recalled after cooked egg ingredient tested positive for Listeria
M.C.I. Foods is recalling 330 cases of Cheese and Egg with Green Salsa Breakfast Burritos after the cooked egg ingredient tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
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 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: Scored 5 because the FDA classified this recall as Class I, which the rubric assigns the Critical tier.
Plain-English summary
Cheese and Egg with Green Salsa Breakfast Burrito, 3.75 oz, 72 count per case, UPC 1 070657 468334 8, is being recalled because the cooked egg ingredient used in ready-to-eat products tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
The recall covers 330 cases from lot 80860, sold to seven distributors nationwide. The product is not for retail sale and is intended for institutional use. The FDA has classified the recall as Class I.
Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious infection, particularly in pregnant people, newborns, older adults and people with weakened immune systems. Ready-to-eat products are eaten without further cooking, so contamination is not removed before eating.
Businesses holding the affected lot should not use it and should follow the firm's instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- Cheese and Egg with Green Salsa Breakfast Burrito; 3.75 oz; 72 count/case; UPC# 1 070657 468334 8
- Manufacturer
- M.C.I. Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Frozen meals
- Affected units
- 330
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 (1)
- Lots: 80860
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 2 recalled by M.C.I. Foods, 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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