Meat recall: 10M pounds of meat and poultry recalled due to listeria contamination; throw out ASAP

A pre-cooked meat producer is recalling nearly 10 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products due to listeria contamination.

According to a notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, BrucePac recalled roughly 9,986,245 pounds of product after routine testing found evidence of listeria contamination on BrucePac’s ready-to-eat poultry products.

No illnesses or adverse reactions in connection with this recall have been reported to date.

The affected products were shipped to distributors and retailers nationwide, and some of the affected products had production dates as late as Oct. 8, 2024.

This means many of the products are still in customers’ freezers or refrigerators or are even available on store shelves or stored in restaurants, according to the FSIS.

Meat Recall 2024: Everything included in the 10M pound recall

The following items are subject to the recall:

• Ready-to-eat meat and poultry items with a production date of June 19, 2024, to October 8, 2024, with establishment numbers “51205 or P-51205″ on the packaging.

BrucePac and the USDA are still in the process of pulling together a list of recalled products. Although multiple meat items are subject to recall, the listeria contamination was found in the ready-to-eat chicken products, according to the USDA.

The agency is advising customers who bought these products not to eat them and throw them out or return them to their place of purchase.

Retailers are also being advised to not sell the recalled products and either discard them or return them to their distributors.