Tons of chicken, pork and beef recalled over listeria concerns

Yu Shang Food, Inc. is recalling more than 70,000 pounds of its ready-to-eat meat and poultry products because of a listeria outbreak that has sickened at least 11 people, including one baby who subsequently died.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on Thursday announced an expanded recall from the distributor, which initially recalled the food products on Nov. 9, 2024.

On Monday, the FSIS press release was updated to include an expanded product list with additional products that were being recalled. All items produced before Oct. 28, 2024, are subject to recall, which includes approximately 72,240 pounds of meat or poultry.

The products included in the recall bear the establishment number “P-46684” or “EST. M46684” inside the Agriculture Department's mark of inspection, FSIS said.

FSIS said it discovered the problem on Oct. 21, 2024, during routine testing of finished product. Officials then confirmed the product was positive for Listeria monocytogenes, which was subsequently detected in additional testing and in environmental samples, FSIS said.

The FSIS is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other regulatory and public health officials in several states to investigate the listeria outbreak.

The CDC said 11 people have been infected with the outbreak strain of listeria across four states. The samples were collected from Oct. 24, 2021, to July 31, 2024. Nine people have been hospitalized.

A California pregnant woman and her twins were sick, and both twins died. The mother and one of the twins were both confirmed infected with the strain of the listeria, but listeria was not discovered in a sample from the other infant, who therefore was not counted as a case related to the outbreak.