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Oscar Mayer/Louis Rich Chicken Strips

Below is the USDA-FSIS news release regarding the Oscar Mayer/Louis Rich ready-to-eat chicken strips recall due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, a life-threatening foodborne pathogen.  Pritzker | Ruohonen & Associates, P.A., a leading Listeria litigation law firm, is reprinting the news release here as a public service.  The firm has recovered millions for victims of Listeria poisoning (listeriosis) and other foodborne illnesses, including a recent settlement for $6,425,000.  To contact a Listeria lawyer at Pritzker | Ruohonen for a free consultation, call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900 or fill out the firm’s online-consultation form.

The incubation period for Listeria can be anywhere from 11-70 days.  If  you have eaten any recalled Trader Joe's pasta salad with chicken, you should watch for Listeria symptoms, including fever, muscle aches, diarrhea, headache, loss of balance and confusion.  If you are pregnant and ate the recalled head cheese, your unborn baby is at risk.  Read about Listeria and pregnancy.

USDA-FSIS Announcement: Oscar Mayer/Louis Rich Ready-to-Eat Chicken Breast Strips Recall Due to Possible Contamination with Listeria monocytogenes
Feb. 18, 2007 - Carolina Culinary Foods, a West Columbia, S.C., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 52,650 pounds of fully cooked chicken breast strips that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.

The following product was manufactured for Oscar Mayer and is subject to recall:

  • 6-ounce packages of "OSCAR MAYER/LOUIS RICH CHICKEN BREAST STRIPS WITH RIB MEAT, GRILLED, FULLY COOKED - READY TO EAT." The front of each package bears the establishment number "P-19676" inside the USDA mark of inspection. On the back of each package appears a "Use by" date of "19 Apr 2007." The code "19 APR 2007" appears on each case.

The chicken breast strips were produced on Jan. 9, 2007 and distributed to retail establishments nationwide.

The problem was discovered through microbiological testing completed by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. FSIS has received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of this product.

Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially fatal disease. Healthy people rarely contract listeriosis. However, listeriosis can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea. Listeriosis can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as serious and sometimes fatal infections in those with weakened immune systems, such as infants, the elderly and persons with HIV infection or undergoing chemotherapy.


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