Long Island's Schaller & Weber Finds Listeria In Its Duck And Sausage, Issues A Recall
Schaller Mfg. Corp. (Schaller & Weber), a Long Island City, N.Y., firm, is recalling approximately 564 pounds of duck leg confit and kolbase sausage products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced late on June 3rd.
The following products are subject to recall: [View Labels]
- 2.5-pound approximate-weight vacuum packages, 6 legs per package, of "D'ARTAGNAN TRADITIONAL DUCK LEG CONFIT." Each package bears a "USE/OR/FREEZE BY" date of "08/07/09" as well as the establishment number "P-5374" inside the USDA mark of inspection.
- 2.5-pound approximate-weight vacuum packages of "Schaller & Weber HUNGARIAN BRAND KOLBASE." Each package bears a date code of "MFG. 005159" as well as the establishment number "EST. 5374" inside the USDA mark of inspection.
The duck and sausage products were produced on May 13, 2009. The duck products were sent to distributors and restaurants in Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
The sausage products were sent to distributors and restaurants in New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia as well as the company's retail store in New York City.
Routine testing by the company led to the discovery of listeria contamination. For more from FSIS, go here.
Another LISTERIA recall for Dartagnan
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Wait a minute! The tests were done on May 13, but the recall was announced June 3, that's 21 days after the test!!!!!! They MUST have known about the listeria well BEFORE the recall announcement. Listeriosis is a serious life threatening disease; TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!!!!
What are they thinking!!!