A positive Listeria test has triggered a Class I recall involving 1,513 pounds of ready-to-eat Italian pork that reached Texas and seven other states, federal food safety officials announced Sunday.
Prime Line Distributors Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Ferrarini USA Inc. of Hoboken, New Jersey, launched the recall after routine import reinspection detected Listeria monocytogenes in a product sample, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Est. 1937L Bome SRL produced the dry-cured pork jowl, known as guanciale, in Italy on May 21. The companies imported the meat on various dates in July.
Check the lot number
Every affected package carries lot number 263311US, the date May 16, 2027, under the words “BEST IF USE BY,” and establishment number IT 1937 L CE inside the Italian inspection mark or on the case label.
Prime Line products display either “PRIME LINE DISTRIBUTORS, INC. GUANCIALE PORK JOWL PRODUCT OF ITALY” or “GUANCIALE PORK JOWL PRODUCT OF ITALY.” Individual Prime Line packages also display “DOK GUANCIALE.”
Ferrarini products display either “GUANCIALE PORK JOWL PRODUCT OF ITALY” or “FERRARINI GUANCIALE DRY-CURED PORK JOWL.”
Texas among eight states
Prime Line sent its products to food service and retail locations in Florida. Ferrarini sent its products to distributors and food service locations in California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Texas.
FSIS warned that retailers and food service operators may still have the meat in refrigerators or freezers. The agency told businesses not to sell or serve it. Consumers should throw the products away or return them to the place of purchase.
FSIS had received no confirmed illness reports when it issued the notice.
Listeria can cause severe illness
FSIS placed the recall in Class I, the agency’s most serious category. The classification means consumption carries a reasonable probability of causing serious health consequences or death.
Listeria can cause especially serious illness in women who are pregnant, newborns, people age 65 or older and people with weakened immune systems, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Symptoms can include fever, muscle aches, fatigue, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and seizures.
Infection during pregnancy can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery or a life-threatening infection in a newborn. People who ate a recalled product and develop a fever or other symptoms should contact a health care provider and report the possible exposure.
Consumers can contact companies
Questions about Prime Line products go to QA/QC Manager Liliana Rojas at 954-925-4500. Consumers can contact Ferrarini Chief Financial Officer Luca Infantino at 818-256-1622 or call the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-674-6854.
Provided by Dallas Express
