George’s Prepared Foods recalls ready-to-eat pork and turkey products due to Salmonella

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that George’s Prepared Foods, from Caryville, Tennessee recalled approximately 6,444 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) pork sausage patty and turkey sausage patty products that may be contaminated with Salmonella.  The items were produced on April 19, 2019, April 27, 2019, May 7, 2019, and May 9, 2019. The recalled products are 24.92-oz. Packages containing “Great Value Fully Cooked Original Breakfast Turkey Patties” with a use-by date of 10/24/19; and 35.6-oz. Packages containing “Family Size Great Value Fully Cooked Original Pork Sausage Patties” with a use-by date of 11/03/19 or use-by date 11/05/19. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide. The problem was discovered when the firm notified FSIS that the firm’s third-party cold storage facility had inadvertently shipped the ready-to-eat products to commerce. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2019/recall-102-2019-release