Oscar Mayer Cooked Chicken Listeria

A nationwide recall of Oscar Mayer chicken breast strips for bacterial contamination has been issued by the Carolina Culinary Foods of West Columbia, S.C., involving 52,650 pounds of fully cooked chicken breasts produced on Jan. 9 and distributed nationwide to retailers.

The six-ounce packages are labeled "Oscar Mayer / Louis Rich Chicken Breast Strips with Rib Meat, Grilled, Fully Cooked - Ready to Eat."

The packages have the number "P-19676" inside the USDA inspection mark on front and a use-by-date of "19 Apr 2007" on back.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, found that a sample of the meat tested in Georgia was contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes, which can cause listeriosis, a rare but serious infection.

Listeriosis can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea, as well as miscarriages and stillbirths, and may also cause serious and sometimes fatal infections to infants, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems.

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Oscar Mayer cooked chicken Listeria Complaint

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Published on Feb-19-07