Sedona AZ (April 1, 2013) – Rich Products Corporation, is recalling approximately 196,222 pounds of frozen chicken quesadilla and various other heat treated, not fully cooked frozen mini meals and snack items because they may be contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The following products are subject to FSIS recall:
- 7.2-oz. cartons of Farm Rich mini pizza slices with cheese pepperoni and sauce in pizza dough, UPC code 041322376909 with a best by date of May 15 or May 16, 2014.
- 22-oz. cartons of Farm Rich mini pizza slices with cheese pepperoni and sauce in pizza dough, UPC code 041322356437 with a best by date of May 15 or May 16, 2014.
- 18-oz. bags of Farm Rich mini quesadillas with cheese, grilled white meat chicken in a crispy crust, UPC code 041322356352 with a best by date of May 14, 2014.
- 21-oz. bags of Farm Rich philly cheese steaks with cheese, beef & onions in a crispy crust, UPC code 041322356345 with a best by date of May 13, 2014.
Each product package above contains the establishment number “EST. 27232” or “P-27233” inside the USDA mark of inspection.
- 22-oz. cartons of Farm Rich mozzarella bites in a pizzeria style crust, UPC code 041322374431 with a best by date of May 19, 2014.
- 7-oz. cartons of Farm Rich mozzarella bites in a pizzeria style crust, UPC code 041322376916 with a best by date of May 19, 2014.
- 22-oz. bags of Market Day Mozzarella Bites, UPC code 041322804358 with a best by date of May 12, 2014.
A sample of a Farm Rich frozen chicken mini quesadilla product from a New York case tested positive for the outbreak strain of E. coli O121. Eight cases in Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia report consuming Farm Rich products.
The products have been sold at local retail stores throughout Yavapai County. The products subject to recall were produced between November 12, 2012 and November 19, 2012 , then distributed for retail sale nationwide.
FSIS and the establishment are concerned that some product may be present in household freezers. Consumers with questions regarding the recall should contact the company’s consumer line at (888) 220-5955 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST Monday through Friday or visit the company website at www.farmrich.com.
E. coli is a potentially deadly germ that can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration, and in the most severe cases, kidney failure. The very young, seniors and persons with weak immune systems are the most susceptible to foodborne illness. If you have any of the product listed above please dispose of it or take it back to the retailer you purchased it from.
FSIS advises all consumers to safely prepare their raw or partially cooked meat products, including fresh and frozen prepared products.
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Hello to the readers.
In this day and age workers should be forced to wash hands after going to the bathroom because that’s where e coli contamination comes from, feces. We can say the four letter word (deleted) but not mandate other four letter words like wash and soap?
People from other countries don’t follow our American high standards of hygiene. They must.
Remember how they made fun of Americans at the Olympics for wanting clean towels and wash cloths and sheets and machines to wash clothes?
Who is it that brings America bed bugs, lice, e coli, salmonella, shingles, TB, polio, measles, leprosy, reeking body odors? I never smelled an unclean body in a restaurant or a smoker that I could forgot how the smell spoilt the taste of my food and left me wanting a bathe and to wash my clothes. I never watched a waiter with dirty nails or lots of tattooes that I could forget to wonder if the food he brought had Hep C or worse contamination. I’m an old nurse and I’ve seen it all. I spent my youth in Canada and to return to the provinces has me wanting to dispense anti perspirants by the caseload to the uneduated. This is the tip of the filth iceberg and we need to return to past excellent hygiene standards. We must begin to educate hygiene standards from birth on.
From the Grand Canyon. MGH
why does this keep happening because food isnt safe anymore & need to hold corporations & government accountable;;; need to boycott unsafe & unclean food providers;;;;buy local & fresh produce & meats & better vegan & the local food markets. DEMAND SAFE FOOD (NAU)