Byron Center Wholesale Meats of Michigan is recalling approximately 6,586 pounds of ham products as they were produced without a Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP) plan, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
The products subject to recall include Seven Sons Family Farms Diced Ham (fully cooked), Smoked Ham Sliced (ready to cook/fully cooked) and Smoked Ham Roast (ready to cook/fully cooked); Heffron Farms Diced Ham (ready to cook), Smoked Ham Sliced (ready to cook), Smoked Ham Roast (ready to cook), Ground Ham Smoked Pork, Smoked Ham Hocks (ready to cook) and Picnic Hams (ready to cook).
The recalled products also include Byron Center Meats Semi Boneless Ham (ready to cook), Canadian Bacon (not fully cooked), Smoked Ham Hocks, Smoked Pork Chops (ready to cook) and Smoked Picnic Hams.
This problem was identified when an FSIS inspector observed establishment personnel making diced and sliced ham products from whole hams.
These hams were labeled as fully cooked, but Byron Center Wholesale Meats does not have a HACCP plan for fully cooked product or a Listeria control program.
The recalled products bear the establishment number 'Est. 2592' inside the USDA mark of inspection. These products were produced prior to 1 March 2013, and were distributed in Michigan and Indiana.
FSIS and the company have not received reports of illnesses 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.
