Multiple brands of possibly contaminated chicken and mushroom products are being withdrawn from the market amid concerns that they pose a risk to vulnerable groups such as the elderly and children.
Oregon-based Reser’s Fine Foods announced the voluntary recall of a “limited number of meal kits due to the inclusion of recalled chicken from an outside ingredient supplier (BrucePac),” according to an Oct. 11 announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
This past week, Oklahoma-based BrucePac pulled nearly 10 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry from the market, citing possible adulteration with listeria monocytogenes bacteria. While Reser’s did not say whether any contamination had been found in their meal kits, the company said it initiated the recall “out of an abundance of caution.”…