Manda Packing is expanding its recall to include approximately 468,000 pounds of roast beef, ham, turkey breast, tasso pork, ham shanks, hog head cheese, corned beef, and pastrami over concerns that the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
On 10 April, the Louisiana-based firm initially recalled approximately 20,166 pounds of cooked roast beef deli meat due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The latest recall affects the following products: Manda Supreme Roast Beef, Four Star Cajun Roast Beef, Four Star Roast Beef, Cajun Prize Roast Beef, Manda Supreme Natural Roast Beef, Manda Natural Roast Beef, Manda New Orleans Style Roast Beef, Manda Whole Wet Pack Roast Beef, Manda Roast Beef, S&W Roast Beef, LA Pride Roast Beef, Leblancs Roast Beef, Thompsons Roast Beef, Christiana Roast Beef, Manda Italian Roast Beef, Deli Pride Roast Beef, Chef Master Roast Beef, Scariano Roast Beef, Marques Roast Beef and Cajun Rite Roast Beef.
The recall also includes Manda Ham, Cajun Prize Ham, Leblancs Ham, Four Star Ham, Christiana Ham, S&W Ham, Thompsons Ham, Chef Master Ham, Rouses Ham, Leblancs Turkey Breast, Manda Turkey Breast, Cajun Prize Turkey Breast and Christiana Turkey Breast. Also Manda Corned Beef, Four Star Corned Beef, Manda Pastrami, Four Star Pastrami, Manda Hog Head Cheese, S&W Hog Head Cheese, Rouses Hog Head Cheese, Big Cajun Hog Head Cheese, Manda Tasso, Diversified Tasso, Rouses Tasso and Manda Ham Shanks.
These products bear a 'Sell by' date of 13 May - 22 June 2013, and the establishment number 'EST. 8746A' inside the USDA mark of inspection, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
The products might have been sliced at retail delis, and if so will not bear this packaging information.
The products were shipped for further distribution, for sale at retail, and to retail deli stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
FSIS was alerted to the problem by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, which took an intact sample of cooked roast beef at a retail establishment on 5 April 2013, which later confirmed positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
FSIS and the company have received no reports of illnesses related with consumption of these products.
