Kraft Heinz Foods Company recalls turkey bacon products due to possible Listeria contamination

Kraft Heinz Foods Company, a Newberry, S.C. establishment, is recalling approximately 367,812 pounds of fully cooked turkey bacon products, due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent July 3.

Listeria monocytogenes may cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, the frail or elderly, and those with weakened immune systems. Healthy adults may only suffer short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Listeria infections may also cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. The illness caused by these bacteria can take up to 70 days to appear. Persons in the higher-risk categories who experience flu-like symptoms within two months after eating contaminated food should seek medical care and tell the health care provider about eating the contaminated food.

The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) has publicized this recall to all its stores, said Richard Stith, Chief, Public Health Division, DeCA Headquarters and Support Center at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia. Whenever a commissary has recalled or withdrawn products in its inventory, they are immediately removed from store shelves.

The products subject to recall bear the USDA mark of inspection on the front of the label. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide and some were exported to the British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong.

The turkey bacon was produced from April 24 through June 11. The following products are subject to recall:

• Oscar Mayer turkey bacon original, 12-ounce vacuum-packed package: UPC 071871548601, lot code RS40 and use by dates from July 18 to Aug. 2.
• Oscar Mayer turkey bacon original, 36-ounce package containing three 12-ounce vacuum-packed package: UPC 071871548748, lot code RS19, RS40 or RS42 and use by dates from July 23 to Sept. 4.
• Oscar Mayer turkey bacon original, 48-ounce package containing four 12-ounce vacuum-packed package: UPC 071871548793, lot code RS19, RS40 or RS42 and use by dates from July 18 to Sept. 4.

Consumers with questions regarding the recall can contact Kraft Heinz Food Company consumer hotline at 1-800-280-7185 or email consumerrelations@kraftheinz.com.