Ag News
Another Meat Recall
Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008 at 04:55 AM
In what is being called one of the biggest meat recalls in history, the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service reports that Gourmet Boutique has recalled about 143 tons of fresh and frozen meat and poultry. Regulators say the recalled meats are chicken, turkey, beef and pork. It is possibly contaminated with fatal listeria germs. No illnesses have been reported.

The nationwide recall includes a variety of sizes, from nine-ounce packages of Gourmet Boutique Wrapanini Meatball Parmigiana to seven-pound containers of Gourmet Boutique Fruit and Nut Honey Chicken Salad Kit. The fresh meat and poultry salad products were produced from April 19 to 24, while the frozen foodstuffs were produced from October 2007 to April 23.

The problem was discovered through microbiological sampling by FSIS and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Gourmet Boutique is based in Jamaica, New York.

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