Tip Top Poultry Recalls Fully Cooked Chicken Due to Listeria Risk
Tip Top Poultry is recalling approximately 135,810 pounds of fully cooked diced chicken products due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
What this means for you
Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The source metadata explicitly classifies the recall as 'High - Class I' and 'Class I'. According to the rubric, an FDA Class I or USDA Class I classification mandates a severity score of 5 (Critical).
Plain-English summary
Tip Top Poultry, Inc., a Rockmart, Georgia establishment, is recalling approximately 135,810 pounds of fully cooked poultry products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected products are frozen, diced, and mechanically separated ready-to-eat chicken produced on January 21, 2019, and display PACK DATE 01/21/19 on the labels. These items bear establishment number P-17453 inside the USDA mark of inspection or on the case.
The recall was initiated after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) notified the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on August 17, 2019, that a sample of the product tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. The products were shipped to hotels, restaurants, and institutions nationwide. FSIS is concerned that some product may be in institutional freezers.
Consumption of food contaminated with L. monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily affects older adults, persons with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women and their newborns. Institutions who have purchased these products are urged not to serve them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Tip Top Poultry, Inc. Recalls Fully Cooked Poultry Products due to Possible Listeria Contamination
- Brand
- Silver Comet Foods, LLC (FKA Tip Top Poultry Inc.) distributed by Tip Top
- Category
- Food — Ready-to-Eat Poultry
- Hazard
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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