Please review the
following message from Alan Talarsky, Environmental Scientist 4, Public Health
and Food Protection Program, NJDOH regarding the following Class 1 Recall
issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture:
Butterball, LLC, a Mount Olive, N.C. establishment, is recalling
approximately 14,107 pounds of ground turkey products that may be contaminated
with extraneous materials, specifically blue plastic, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced.
The ground turkey items were produced on September 28, 2021. The
following products are subject to recall:
The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST.
P-7345” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to retail
locations nationwide.
The problem was discovered when FSIS and the establishment
received consumer complaints reporting pieces of blue plastic embedded in raw
ground turkey produced by Est. 7345.
There have been no confirmed reports of injuries due to
consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness
should contact a healthcare provider.
FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’
freezers and/or refrigerators. Consumers who have purchased these products are
urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to
the place of purchase.
FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify
recalling firms notify their customers of
the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no
longer available to consumers. When available, the retail distribution list(s)
will be posted on the FSIS website at www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls.
Consumers with questions about the recall can contact the
Butterball Consumer Hotline at (800) 288-8372. Members of the media with
questions about the recall can contact Christa Leupen, PR Manager, Butterball
LLC at (919) 255-7598.
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No
action is required of local health departments at this time for this recall. If
any requests for assistance are received from USDA, the Public Health and Food
Protection Program will contact you. For additional information regarding
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