Crescent City Meats Recalls Underprocessed Ready-to-Eat Tasso Ham Products
Crescent City Meats is recalling approximately 430 pounds of ready-to-eat Tasso Cajun Spicy Ham because the product may be underprocessed and undercooked.
The agency’s classification
USDA FSIS: 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 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly classifies the recall as 'High - Class I' and 'Class I'. According to the rubric, USDA Class I recalls are assigned a severity score of 4 (Severe).
Plain-English summary
Crescent City Meats, a Metairie, Louisiana establishment, is recalling approximately 430 pounds of Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Tasso Cajun Spicy Ham products. The recall was announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on January 5, 2018.
The products were produced on November 9, December 18, and December 20, 2017. The specific items subject to recall are 5-lb vacuum packs shipped in 10-lb cases labeled TASSO CAJUN SPICY HAM READY TO EAT. These cases contain lot codes 1631317, 1635517, and 1635217 or 35217. The products bear the establishment number Est. 13244 inside the USDA mark of inspection and were distributed for institutional use in the New Orleans metropolitan area.
The issue was discovered on January 4, 2018, when a federal establishment further processing the product noticed it appeared to be raw. FSIS Inspection Program Personnel verified that some of the RTE product was underprocessed and could be undercooked. Consumers with questions can contact Crescent City Meat Company at (504) 737-0570 or the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-674-6854.
The recalled product
- Product
- Crescent City Meats Recalls Ready-To-Eat Tasso Ham Products due to Underprocessing
- Brand
- Crescent City Meats
- Manufacturer
- Crescent City Meats
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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