Dec. 14, 2021 – Dec. 14, 2021 – The USDA/FSIS announced that Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp., doing business as Margherita Meats (Omaha, Nebraska), recalled approximately 10,990 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) pepperoni products that may be contaminated with Bacillus cereus (B. cereus). The RTE unsliced pepperoni product was produced and packaged on June 17, 2021, and packaged in8-oz. plastic shrink-wrapped packages containing unsliced pepperoni “Margherita PEPPERONI” with“ use by date” of 12-14-21. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide. The problem was discovered when the Department of Defense notified FSIS that they found B. cereus during routine product testing. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to the consumption of these products. @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/smithfield-packaged-meats-corp.-dba-margherita-meats-inc.-recalls-pepperoni-products
