Real Pasta is recalling approximately 25,000 pounds of assorted pasta products in the US as they were processed without the benefit of inspection, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
Some of the products were also misbranded after being repackaged and may contain soy, a known allergen not declared on the label.
The products subject to recall were labeled under the following brand names: Angelina Foodservice, Deer Park Ravioli, K-Bella, La Gustosa Ravioli, NY Ravioli and Pasta, Pasta Del Mondo, Queen Ann Ravioli, Raffetto's Corp, Real Pasta, San Marco Ravioli, Serino's Italian Foodservice, and Vitamia.
The products include Meat Ravioli, Meat Ravioli Round, Meat Tortellini, Pre-cooked Meat Tortellini, Veal Tortellini, Meat Raviolinni, Chicken Tortellini, and Chicken Ravioli with Smoked Mozzarella.
These products were produced at Real Pasta's facility in Bergen, New Jersey,
The products were packaged on various dates since 14 November 2012, and then shipped into commerce bearing one of the following establishment numbers: Est. 21479, P-21479, Est. 4702, or P-4702, Est. 1835, or P-1835.
Wholesale and retail outlets can identify bulk pack product by the following Julian codes: 12318 through 12366, and 13001 through 13121. The products were distributed in Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.
This problem was discovered in an FSIS investigation after product was noticed in a retail outlet bearing the establishment number of a facility that had recently lost its federal grant of inspection.
FSIS has received no reports of illness due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a healthcare provider.
This recall has been classified as Class I, which indicates a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.
