USDA Issues Public Health Alert for Uninspected Thompson's Meat Sauce Products

Plain-English summary

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert for specific meat sauce products produced by Thompson’s Spanish Sauce Manufacturing, LLC, in Marion, Indiana. The company does not hold a federal grant of inspection, meaning the products were produced without the benefit of federal oversight. FSIS issued the alert because the company was unavailable to confirm that affected products had been removed from commerce.

The affected items are 16-oz. jars of “Thompson's B-K Spanish Sauce” and 16-oz. jars of “Thompson's B-K Spicey Coney Sauce.” These products do not bear the USDA mark of inspection. They were sold to distribution and retail locations in Illinois and Indiana and further distributed to certain farmers’ markets. The issue was identified during routine FSIS surveillance activities at a retail location in Roann, Indiana, where investigators found the thermally-processed meat sauce products for sale without a federal mark of inspection.

There have been no confirmed reports of illness due to consumption of these products. However, FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ refrigerators, freezers, or pantries. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them and should throw them away. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a healthcare provider.

The recalled product

Product

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Meat Sauce Products Produced Without the Benefit of Inspection

Category

Food — Meat Sauce

Hazard

• lack-of-inspection

Distribution

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