Cantina Foods is recalling approximately 2,375 pounds of ready-to-eat beef and cheese pie products distributed to retail establishments in Buffalo, New York, as they were produced without the approval of federal inspection.
According to the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the products subject to the recall are cartons containing four clear plastic bags with six 4-oz. 'Beef and Cheese Pastellios' in each bag. The bags and the cartons do not bear labels or marks of inspection.
The products were produced and sold from 3 October 2012 through 20 November 2012.
In September this year, Cantina Foods sought to voluntarily suspend its operations after a food safety evaluation by FSIS officials found problems with the firm's Listeria monocytogenes control program.
Investigation by FSIS enforcement personnel revealed that the company's products were still being sold without the benefit of inspection.
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.
