Updated 10/15/24:

Editor’s Note: Oct. 15, 2024 – This release is being reissued as an expansion of the October 9, 2024 recall to include additional products and production dates. Details of this release were updated to note the addition of 1,779,040 pounds of product subject to recall, increasing the weight from 9,986,245 to 11,765,285 pounds. This recall release has also been updated to reflect that recalled products were also distributed to schools. A school distribution list is not available at this time. When available, the distribution list will be posted with the FSIS recall release.

FSIS is continuing to gather distribution information and is committed to ensuring consumers have the information needed to identify recalled products effectively. Instructions on how to search the product and label information list have been added to the document.

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BrucePac, in conjunction with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), announced that it is recalling approximately nearly 10,000,000 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products. The recall was initiated on Oct. 9 after FSIS routine testing found that ready-to-eat poultry products produced by BrucePac tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. Further tests confirmed that the poultry products were the sources of the listeria, however, other ready-to-eat meat products made in the same Durant, Okla. facility are also subject to recall.

The fully-cooked meat and poultry items were produced between June 19, 2024, and Oct. 8, 2024. According to the FSIS, these products were shipped nationwide and distributed to restaurants, grocery stores, and institutions. The original recall includes all products that bear the establishment numbers “51205” or “P-51205” inside or under the USDA mark of inspection.

On Oct. 10, the recall was updated to include an expanded list of products as well as a list of labels for products that are subject to recall. This product list reveals that the retailers of the recalled meat and poultry products include Aldi, Walmart, H-E-B, Trader Joe’s, as well as other grocery stores. The ready-to-eat products were sold under these stores’ private labels as well as under the brand name Fresh Express, and were sold in both the refrigerated and freezer sections.

You can view the product labels on FSIS’s website here. It’s possible that more products could be added to the recall, so FSIS encourages consumers to check its website frequently as more information becomes available.

FSIS is concerned that some product may still be on store shelves and or in consumers’ refrigerators or freezers. Restaurants, institutions, and other establishments are urged not to serve or sell these products. If you have any of the recalled products, they should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.

There have been no confirmed reports of illness or adverse reactions linked to this recall yet. If you think you may be experience an adverse reaction due to consumption of a recalled product, contact your healthcare provider.

If you have questions regarding the recall, you can contact Jeff Golangco, VP Business Development at BrucePac, at 503-874-3000, call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854), or send a question via email to MPHotline@usda.gov.