Ready-to-Eat Turkey Breast Products Recalled

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New Braunfels Turkey. (Image credit: FSIS.)

New Braunfels Smokehouse, a New Braunfels, Texas, establishment, is recalling approximately 2,609 pounds of fully cooked, ready-to-eat smoked turkey breast products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm), the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The products subject to recall include:

  • 1-pound packages of New Braunfels Smokehouse Sliced Smoked Turkey with package code 2210 on the label.
  • 4 to 6 lb. packages of New Braunfels Honey-Glazed Spiral Sliced Smokehouse Hickory Smoked Boneless Breast of Turkey with package code 2180 on the label.
  • 4 to 6 lb. whole breast packages of Stegall Boneless Hickory Smoked Turkey Breast with package code 2210 on the labe.
  • 4 to 6 lb. whole breast packages of Stegall Spiral Sliced Hickory Smoked Turkey Breast with package codes 2180 or 2210 on the label.

Each package bears the USDA mark of inspection and the number P-975 inside the mark of inspection. The fully cooked, ready-to-eat smoked turkey breast products were produced on August 4, 2010, and distributed nationwide, including catalog and internet sales. When available, the retail distribution list(s) will be posted on FSIS' website atwww.fsis.usda.gov/FSIS_Recalls/ Open_Federal_Cases/index.asp.

New Braunfels Turkey. (Image credit: FSIS.)

Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially fatal disease. Healthy people rarely contract listeriosis. However, listeriosis can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea. Listeriosis can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as serious and sometimes fatal infections in those with weakened immune systems, such as infants, the elderly and persons with HIV infection or undergoing chemotherapy. Individuals concerned about an illness should contact a health care provider.

Consumers with questions about the recall should contact company Customer Service Representative, Susan Owens, at (800) 537-6932. Media inquiries should be directed to company Vice President and General Manager, Mike Dietert, at the same phone number.

Stegall Spiral Sliced Turkey. (Image credit: FSIS.)

Stegall Boneless Turkey. (Image credit: FSIS.)
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