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The FDA reported on February 9, 2024, that Fresh & Ready Foods (San Fernando, California) recalled four torta sandwiches containing cotija cheese sold in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah. This voluntary recall is being initiated due to the Rizo-Lopez Foods recall of cotija cheese due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes and associated with an outbreak the FDA is investigating. Fresh & Ready Foods used this cheese to make the sandwiches listed below. The recalled products were distributed between 01/21/2024 and 02/06/2024 and sold exclusively in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah locations. To date, no illnesses have been reported related to these specific products. @ https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/fresh-ready-foods-voluntarily-recalls-four-torta-sandwiches-containing-cotija-cheese-distributed

The FDA reported that as a consequence of the recall initiated by Rizo-Lopez Foods, Inc., Fresh Express is voluntarily recalling two salad kits with condiment packs that contain the recalled cheese, which may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled salad kits were available in limited quantities at retail grocery stores in AL, CA, FL, GA, ID, UT, and WA. The kits being recalled are Fresh Express Salsa! Ensalada Salad Kit and Marketside Southwest Chopped Salad Kit with Use-By Dates ranging from January 6 through February 20, 2024, and include condiment packs with Use-By Dates ranging from February 28 through April 4, 2024.No other Fresh Express salads or salad kits or condiment packs containing cheese are included in this recall. @ https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/fresh-express-issues-recall-limited-quantities-two-salad-kits-condiment-packs-containing-recalled

The FDA reported that Ready Pac Foods, Inc.(Irwindale, CA) had initiated a voluntary recall of a limited number of cases of four salad kits as a result of the expanded recall by Rizo-López Foods of cheese products that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Upon being notified of the expanded recall on February 7, 2024, Ready Pac investigated and determined that some kits may be impacted. 15,751 cases were manufactured between December 2023 and February 2024 by Ready Pac Foods and distributed to the retailers. Ready Pac has ceased all sales and distribution of the impacted products, and any products in inventory will be removed and destroyed per FDA guidelines. No other Ready Pac Foods products sold under the Ready Pac Bistro brand are affected. The company has not received any reports of illnesses related to these recalled salad kits. @ Ready Pac Foods, Inc. Recalls Four Salad Kits Due to Possible Health Risk From Listeria Monocytogenes

The USDA / FSIS issued a public health alert for ready-to-eat (RTE) poultry burrito products containing FDA regulated dairy products that have been recalled by Rizo-Lopez Foods due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The RTE poultry burrito items were produced between June 20, 2023, and December 30, 2023. They were wrapped in 10.53-oz. individual wax paper containing “Amazon kitchen, CHICKEN CHILI VERDE burrito with rice, black beans & monterey jack” with BEST BEFORE Julian dates starting with 0764, 1384, 1394, and 2694. The product is packaged in boxed cases labeled as “CHICKEN CHILE VERDE BURRITO WITH RICE, BLACK BEANS & MONTEREY JACK” with production dates 6/20/23, 8/21/23, 8/22/23, and 12/30/23, and with expiration dates of 3/16/24, 5/17/24, 5/18/24, and 9/25/24. The problem was discovered when the firm notified FSIS that they used FDA-regulated cotija cheese that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes to produce burrito products. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/fsis-issues-public-health-alert-ready-eat-poultry-products-containing-fda-regulated