Fresh Creative Foods, which supplies ready-made meals and deli products to Albertsons, is recalling 12 ready-made meals and deli products due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The recall took place on Saturday because the twelve products and delicacies may have been prepared with recalled BrucePac chicken ingredients.
During a routine inspection by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the chicken’s ingredients were found to be contaminated with the virus.
Listeria monocytogenes is known to cause serious illness in children and the elderly. Healthy individuals may experience short-term symptoms such as high fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Listeria monocytogenes is especially dangerous for pregnant women.
Albertsons is warning customers not to eat these products and to throw them away or return them to the store for a full refund.
According to the press release, the ReadyMeals and store-made deli items were available for purchase at the following stores: Albertsons, Carrs-Safeway, Eagle, Jewel-Osco, Pavilions, Randalls, Safeway, Shaw’s, Star Market, Tom Thumb and Vons.
The following items are being recalled in Washington:
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READY MEALS STREET TACOS CHICKEN SS COLDUPC 27131600000, All Sell Thru dates through October 13, 2024
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READY MEALS STREET TACO MEAL CKN ASADA SS COLDUPC 29939100000, All Sell Thru dates through October 13, 2024
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READY MEALS ENCHILADA CHICKEN GREEN CHILI SS COLD, UPC 21291600000, all sales dates through October 13, 2024
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READY MEALS STREET TACO MEAL CHICKEN SM SS COLDUPC 27179600000, All sales dates through October 13, 2024
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ENCHILADA CHICKEN GREEN 6CT SS COLDUPC 27163500000, All Sell Thru dates through October 13, 2024
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SALAD GINGER CHICKEN BROCCOLI FSUPC 27110800000, All Sell Thru dates through October 13, 2024
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READY MEALS SALAD GINGER CHICKEN BROCCOLI SSUPC 29105700000, All Sell Thru dates through October 13, 2024
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SALAD CHICKEN GINGER BROCCOLI FSUPC 29233600000, All Sell Thru dates through October 13, 2024
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SALAD CAESAR CHICKEN FSUPC 29130700000, All Sell Thru dates through October 11, 2024
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COME CAESAR CHICKENUPC 29125500000, All Sell Thru dates through October 11, 2024
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READY MEALS SALAD CAESAR CHICKEN SSUPC 21139700000, All sales dates through October 11, 2024
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READY MEALS ASIAN STIR-FRY SS COLDUPC 21296500000, All Sell Thru dates through October 13, 2024
Consumers with questions may contact the Albertsons Companies Customer Service Center at 1-877-723-3929 Monday through Friday from 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM PST.