December 10, 2005
FSIS Recall Release
Recall Release CLASS I RECALL
FSIS-RC-052-2005 HEALTH RISK: HIGH
WASHINGTON – ConAgra Foods, a Marshall, Mo., firm, is voluntarily expanding its December 1 recall of approximately 9,550 pounds of various bologna, ham and turkey lunch meal products to a total of 2.8 million pounds due to possible contamination after cheese provided by its supplier tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.

The products subject to recall are:
2.6-ounce packages of “ARMOUR, Lunch MakersÆ, CRACKER CRUNCHERS, Cooked Ham, Contains a NestleÆ CrunchÆ Bar.” Each package bears the establishment number “Est. 1059” inside the USDA seal of inspection, the product code “4660003427” and the sell by date, “JAN 01, 2006,” “JAN 06, 2006,” “JAN 08, 2006,” “JAN 12, 2006,” “JAN 19, 2006,” “JAN 20, 2006,”
“JAN 21, 2006,” “JAN 22, 2006,” “JAN 23, 2006,” “JAN 26, 2006,” “JAN 27, 2006,” “JAN 30, 2006,” “FEB 02, 2006,” “FEB 03, 2006,” “FEB 04, 2006,”
“FEB 05, 2006,” “FEB 06, 2006,” “FEB 07, 2006,” “FEB 08, 2006, “FEB 09, 2006,” “FEB 10, 2006,” “FEB 11, 2006” or “FEB 20, 2006.
2.6-ounce packages of “ARMOUR, Lunch MakersÆ, CRACKER CRUNCHERS, Bologna, Contains a NestleÆ ButterfingerÆ Bar.” Each package bears the establishment number “P-9” inside the USDA seal of inspection, the product code “4660003384” and the sell by date, “JAN 07, 2006,” “JAN 12, 2006,” “JAN 13, 2006,” “JAN 19, 2006,” “JAN 20, 2006,” “JAN 30, 2006,”
“FEB 04, 2006,” “FEB 05, 2006,” “FEB, 07, 2006,” “FEB 16, 2006” or “FEB 17, 2006.”
2.6-ounce packages of “ARMOUR, Lunch MakersÆ, CRACKER CRUNCHERS, Turkey, Contains a NestleÆ ButterfingerÆ Bar.” Each package bears the establishment number “P-9” inside the USDA seal of inspection, the product code “4660003428 and the sell by date, “JAN 01, 2006,” “JAN 07, 2006,” “JAN 09,2006,” “JAN 13, 2006,” “JAN 21, 2006,” “JAN 22, 2006,”
“JAN 26,2006,” “FEB 02, 2006,” “FEB 03, 2006,” “FEB 04, 2006,” “FEB 05, 2006,” “FEB 06, 2006, “FEB 08, 2006,” “FEB 09, 2006,” “FEB 10, 2006,”
“FEB 16, 2006,” “FEB, 17, 2006,” “FEB 18, 2006,” “FEB 19, 2006” or “FEB 20, 2006.”
2.6-ounce and 8-fluid ounce packages of “ARMOUR, Lunch MakersÆ Bologna Fun Kit, CRACKER CRUNCHERS, Bologna.” The package also contains a NestleÆ CrunchÆ Bar and Hawaiian PunchÆ fruit drink. Each package bears the establishment number “P-9” inside the USDA seal of inspection, the product code “4660002263” and the sell by date, “JAN 02, 2006,” “JAN 22, 2006,” “JAN 26, 2006,” “FEB 04, 2006,” “FEB 11, 2006” or “FEB 17, 2006.”
2.6-ounce and 8-fluid ounce packages of “ARMOUR, Lunch MakersÆ Ham Fun Kit, CRACKER CRUNCHERS, Cooked Ham.” The package also contains a NestleÆ ButterfingerÆ Bar and Hawaiian PunchÆ fruit drink. Each package bears the establishment number “Est. 1059” inside the USDA seal of inspection, the product code “4660002262” and the sell by date, “JAN 12, 2006,” “JAN 13, 2006” “JAN 16, 2006,” “JAN 19, 2006,” “JAN 23, 2006,” “JAN 26, 2006,” “JAN 27, 2006,” “JAN 28, 2006,” “FEB 10, 2006,” “FEB 11, 2006,”
“FEB 18, 2006” or “FEB 19, 2006.”
2.6-ounce and 8-fluid ounce packages of “ARMOUR, Lunch MakersÆ Turkey Fun Kit, CRACKER CRUNCHERS, Turkey.” The package also contains a NestleÆ CrunchÆ Bar and Hawaiian PunchÆ fruit drink. Each package bears the establishment number “P-9” inside the USDA seal of inspection, the product code “4660002261” and the sell by date, “JAN 07, 2006,” “JAN 12, 2006,” “JAN 16, 2006,” “JAN 21, 2006,” “JAN 22, 2006,” “JAN 23, 2006,”
“JAN 27, 2006,” “JAN 28, 2006,” “FEB 04, 2006,” “FEB 10, 2006,” “FEB 16, 2006” or “FEB 17, 2006.”
2.6-ounce packages of “ARMOUR, Lunch MakersÆ, CRACKER CRUNCHERS, Chicken, Contains a NestleÆ CrunchÆ Bar.” Each package bears the establishment number “P-9” inside the USDA seal of inspection, the product code “4660003383” and the sell by date, “JAN 01, 2006,” “JAN 02, 2006,” “JAN 09, 20006,” JAN 16, 2006,” “JAN 23, 2006,” “JAN 30, 2006,”
“FEB 06, 2006,” “FEB 07, 2006,” “FEB 16, 2006,” “FEB 17, 2006,” “FEB 18, 2006,” “FEB 19, 2006,” “FEB 20, 2006” or “FEB 21, 2006.”
The ham, bologna, turkey and chicken lunch meal products were produced on various dates between October 13 and December 3 and were distributed to retail establishments nationwide.
The problem was discovered through the company’s internal investigation to identify the root cause of the December 1 voluntary recall. FSIS has received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of these products.
Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially fatal disease. Healthy people rarely contract listeriosis. However, listeriosis can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea. Listeriosis can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as serious and sometimes fatal infections in those with weakened immune systems, such as infants, the elderly and persons with HIV infection or undergoing chemotherapy.
Media with questions about the recall should contact company Public Affairs Director, Tania Graves at (402) 595-6258. Consumers with questions about the recall should call the Lunch Makers consumer information line at (800) 414-7500.
Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at (888) 674-6854. The hotline is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from l0 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern
Time) Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages are available
24 hours a day.
“Ask Karen” is the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day to answer your questions at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Food_Safety_Education/
Ask_Karen/index.asp.