FSIS issues health alert for frozen, cooked diced poultry products due to Listeria Contamination

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert for approximately 130,860 pounds of frozen, fully cooked, diced chicken products because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The frozen, fully cooked, diced chicken items were packed on January 25, 2021, January 26, 2021, March 23, 2021, and March 24, 2021. The products subject to the alert are 4-lb. plastic bags containing "FULLY COOKED CHICKEN MEAT ¾ DICED WHITE" and 4-lb. plastic bags containing "FULLY COOKED CHICKEN MEAT DARK/WHITE ¾ DICED." The products were distributed by Big Daddy Foods, Inc. (Houston, Texas). These items were further distributed to consumers at local food banks in Florida through the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program in individual food boxes. During routine FSIS inspection activities, the problem was discovered when inspection personnel observed products requiring recooking due to possible Lm contamination had been repackaged without being recooked. There have been no reports of illnesses.