Pork recall hits 8 states: 1,500 pounds of product may be contaminated with potentially deadly bacteria

This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) alerted consumers to a food recall involving more than 1,500 pounds of pork product distributed to eight states. The recall is being initiated due to fears that the pork may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a potentially deadly bacterium. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? On September 6, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published a recall notice for imported ready-to-eat (RTE) dry-cured pork jowl (“guanciale”) products produced in Italy. The recall covers approximately 1,513 pounds of the pork products that were imported into the United States by two firms: Prime Line Distributors, Inc. of a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Ferrarini USA, Inc. of Hoboken, New Jersey. The recall is being initiated because the recalled pork products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause listeriosis, an infection that can be potentially deadly. What products are included in the recall? There are numerous pork products included in this recall. All were produced in Italy in May, and imported into the United St…