S.C. company recalls chicken strips

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Listeria Attorney

Carolina Culinary Food is recalling packages of Oscar Mayer ready-to-eat chicken breast strips with rib meat because they may be contaminated, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Sunday.

Officials said Georgia Department of Agriculture food scientists found Listeria monocytogenes in a sample. That type of contamination can cause listeriosis, which is uncommon but potentially fatal.

No illnesses have been reported, officials said.

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Georgia Dept. finds contamination in Oscar Mayer chicken strips

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Listeria Attorney

ATLANTA Commissioner Tommy Irvin said today that food scientists with the Georgia Department of Agriculture have found contaminated chicken strips in Oscar Mayer ready to eat chicken breast strips with rib meat.

He said the contamination was found in a six-ounce packaged sample marked as grilled fully cooked and ready to eat with a code use by 19 Apr 2007 18:35D. Each package bears the establishment number 1-9-6-7-6 inside the U-S-D-A mark of inspection.

Irvin said his scientists found Listeria monocytogenes in the sample. He said food so contaminated can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially serious disease.

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