Thousands of pounds of Chinese food recalled in the US because it ‘can cause death’
A recall for high-risk foods has been expanded to include an additional 67,000 pounds of meat and poultry products.
South Carolina-based Yu Shang Food, Inc. previously announced on November 9 the recall of 4,589 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products due to possible contamination with listeria bacteria.
However, on Thursday the recall was expanded 15-fold by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to include a total of 72,240 pounds of meat products.
This includes all ready-to-eat Yu Shang products produced before October 28, 2024, including spicy duck wings, chicken feet, pork knuckle and boiled chicken.
This recall has been assigned FSIS’s highest risk level, Class I, which is defined by the FDA as “a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that use of or exposure to an violative product will cause serious adverse health effects or death cause.’
The CDC reports that 11 people have been infected and nine have been hospitalized. One person – a baby – died. The affected people live in California, Illinois, New York and New Jersey.
The recalled products bear location number ‘P-46684’ or ‘EST’. M46684′ within the USDA inspection mark.
South Carolina-based Yu Shang Food, Inc. has announced the recall of 72,240 pounds of meat products due to possible contamination with listeria bacteria
These items were shipped to stores nationwide and were also available for purchase online.
The issue was discovered after FSIS conducted routine testing of products produced by Yu Shang Food, Inc. on October 21, 2024, which revealed that some meat products were positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
Additional testing confirmed that Listeria monocytogenes was found in product and environmental samples collected by FSIS.
Whole genome sequencing is underway to determine if these samples match the outbreak strain.
Consumption of food contaminated with L. monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that mainly affects older adults, individuals with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women and their newborns.
Listeriosis can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions, sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal complaints.
An invasive infection spreads beyond the gastrointestinal tract.
In pregnant women, the infection can cause miscarriages, stillbirth, premature birth or life-threatening infection of the newborn.
In addition, serious and sometimes fatal infections can occur in older adults and individuals with weakened immune systems. Listeriosis is treated with antibiotics.
The CDC estimates that 1,600 Americans become infected with listeria each year, and about 260 die.
FSIS is concerned that some products may end up in consumers’ refrigerators and freezers.
Some people have reported feeling ill, and the FSIS is currently investigating a link to Yu Shang products (stock image)
Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them.
These products should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.
The FSIS says anyone concerned about illness should contact a health care provider and that individuals in high-risk categories who experience flu-like symptoms within two months of eating contaminated food should “seek medical attention and tell the health care provider about eating the contaminated food’. .
FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify that recalling companies are notifying their customers of the recall and that steps are being taken to ensure the product is no longer available to consumers.
News of the recall follows another recall involving Wolverine Packing Co., based in Detroit, Michigan
This week it was announced that this is the case pulling approximately 167,277 pounds of ground beef products that may have been contaminated with the deadly E. Coli bacteria.
The fresh products have an expiration date of 14-11-2024 and the frozen products are labeled with production date 22-10-24.
The beef was shipped to restaurants across the country.
So far, 17 patients have been identified in one state, Minnesota, with an illness onset date between November 2 and 10. Two people have been hospitalized.
Ex-USDA food chief Dr. Darin Detwiler told DailyMail.com this was not the caseStrangely enough, this isn’t the first time that Wolverine Packaging Co. is involved in such a recall.”
The company faced a similar problem in 2014, when approximately 1.8 million pounds of ground beef was recalled.