MG Foods, which earlier recalled a variety of turkey sandwiches due to potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes, is now expanding that recall to include three turkey wrap products over the same concerns.
According to a notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the following products have been added to the recall:
- Fresh to You Deluxe Club Wrap
- MG Foods Roasted Turkey in a Tomato Basil Wrap
- MG Foods The Club in a Spinach Wrap
All three products came in plastic wedge containers and have use by dates of March 7, 2021.
The products were distributed between March 3, 2021 and March 5. The products were sold exclusively via vending machines and micro markets located in business locations in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia. The company reacted swiftly and as of end-of-day March 5, 2021 affected products were removed from sale at all locations.
MG Foods, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, issued the initial recall on March 10, following a routine environmental testing, in which the company detected the presence of Listeria on surface areas where the recalled products were produced. The sandwiches were recalled “out of an abundance of caution” due to the potential that some of the products may be contaminated.
A listing of the products earlier recalled by MG Foods can be found on the FDA website.
No illnesses related to consumption of these products have been reported to date.
Consumers who purchased the recalled products are being urged to discard them.
Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short- term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, a Listeria monocytogenes infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
