Ron's Home Style Foods Recalls Ready to Eat Chicken Salad Products due to Possible Listeria Contamination

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2018 Rons Home Style Foods, a Houston, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 6,912 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken salad products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The RTE chicken salad items were produced and packaged on October 22, 2018. The following products are subject to recall: [View Labels (PDF only)]

• 5-lb. bulk packages of Rons Home Style Foods CRANBERRY PECAN WHITE MEAT CHICKEN SALAD with a Use by date of 11/25/2018.
• 5-lb. bulk packages of Rons Home Style Foods CHICKEN SALAD SUPREME with a Use by date of 11/25/2018.
• 32-lb. bulk packages of Rons Home Style Foods THE SANDWICH FACTORY CHICKEN SALAD with a Use by date of 11/16/2018.
• 32-lb. bulk packages of Rons Home Style Foods HONEY PECAN WHITE MEAT CHICKEN SALAD with a Use by date of 11/21/2018.
• 12-oz. plastic container of Texas Kitchen Salads Cranberry Pecan White Chicken Salad with a Use by date of 11/25/2018.
• 12-oz. plastic container of Texas Kitchen Salads Chicken Salad Supreme with a Use by date of 11/25/2018.

The products subject to recall bear establishment number P-32049 inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to institutional and retail locations in Texas.

The problem was discovered on November 13, 2018 during routine record review by FSIS inspection program personnel.

There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.

Consumption of food contaminated with L. monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily affects older adults, persons with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women and their newborns. Less commonly, persons outside these risk groups are affected.

Listeriosis can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms. An invasive infection spreads beyond the gastrointestinal tract. In pregnant women, the infection can cause miscarriages, stillbirths, premature delivery or life-threatening infection of the newborn. In addition, serious and sometimes fatal infections in older adults and persons with weakened immune systems. Listeriosis is treated with antibiotics. Persons in the higher-risk categories who experience flu-like symptoms within two months after eating contaminated food should seek medical care and tell the health care provider about eating the contaminated food.

FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers refrigerators. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.

FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers. When available, the retail distribution list will be posted on the FSIS website at www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls.

Media and consumers with questions regarding the recall can contact Brandon Woodall, Vice President with Rons Home Style Foods, at (713) 640-2082.

Consumers with food safety questions can "Ask Karen," the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov or via smartphone at m.askkaren.gov. The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day. The online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/reportproblem.