Thanksgiving In Tucson: Check Your Fridge For Recalled Food

TUCSON, AZ — Hosting Thanksgiving dinner for family and friends in Tucson is a special affair, and you won’t want to ruin the meal by accidentally serving food that has been recalled for contamination or a lack of inspection.

Federal health officials are warning people to check their pantries and fridges for a variety of foods that have been recalled in 2019.

Here are the foods to keep away from this Thanksgiving.

Romaine Lettuce

Avoid romaine lettuce harvested from the Salinas, California, growing region, as a recent E. coli outbreak is linked to the product. Most romaine lettuce products are labeled with a harvest location, so make sure to read the label before serving that lettuce to the family.

The warning includes all types of romaine lettuce harvested from the location, such as whole heads of romaine, hearts of romaine, and packages of pre-cut lettuce and salad mixes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

If your lettuce isn’t labeled with a growing region, don’t eat it — throw it away.

Ground Beef

Central Valley Meat Co. in Hanford, California, recalled 34,222 pounds of ground beef on Nov. 15. The product may be contaminated with Salmonella Dublin, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The specific products recalled are available here.

California is a popular travel destination for the Thanksgiving holiday, so make sure to double check with the cook if you’re served a beef dish during your visit there.

Raw Pork

Morris Meat Packing Co. recently recalled a massive 515,000 pounds of raw pork products due to a lack of inspection. The pork was produced and distributed in Illinois, and it was recalled after an anonymous tip was made to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

The products include pork loin, pork back ribs and pork chops. The complete list of affected items can be found on the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s website.

Ready-to-Eat Entrees, Mann’s Packing Co.

Ready-to-eat dinners aren’t likely to be a part of your Thanksgiving meal, but you never know.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a health alert for the precooked meals due to the products containing ingredients that have been recalled by Mann’s Packing Co. with possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The following products are part of the recall:

• 12-oz. sealed plastic trays containing “CRAZY FRESH Quick & Easy Broccoli Cheddar with Bacon” with sell by dates of 10/13/19 – 11/08/19 represented on the label.
• 12-oz. sealed plastic trays containing “KOWALSKI’S Quick & Easy Broccoli Cheddar with Bacon” with sell by dates of 10/13/19 – 11/08/19 represented on the label.
• 12-oz. sealed plastic trays containing “Quick & Easy Meals Quick & Easy Broccoli Cheddar with Bacon” with sell by dates of 10/13/19 – 11/08/19 represented on the label.

• 15.8-oz. clear plastic clamshell packages containing “BUTTER CHICKEN amazon go Butter Chicken with Turmeric Rice” with best by dates through 11/06/19 represented on the label.

• 13.05-oz. plastic clamshell packages containing “BROCCOLI CRUNCH POWER BOWL amazon go BROCCOLI CRUNCH POWER BOWL WITH CHICKEN” with best by dates through 11/06/19 represented on the label.

Chicken Fried Rice

Ajinomoto Foods North America Inc., a company based in Mississippi, recently recalled more than 170,000 pounds of chicken fried rice products after a consumer reported discovering a piece of plastic.

The frozen chicken fried rice items were produced from July 9 to July 11 this year and were shipped to retail locations in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey and Texas.

The products subject to recall have the establishment number “P-34708” inside the USDA mark of inspection.

Sausage

If sausage is on the Thanksgiving menu, make sure to double check it’s not part of the 25,115 pounds of Ezzo Sausage Co. meat recently recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

A selection of the sausage products is possibly infected with Listeria monocytogenes. The ready-to-eat sausage products were produced on Oct. 29, 2019, Oct. 30, 2019 and Nov. 5, 2019.

Here are the specific labels you should watch out for.