FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Meat and Poultry Taquitos and Chimichangas Containing FDA-Regulated Diced Green Chilies That Have Been Recalled Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

Congressional and Public Affairs
Veronika Pfaeffle (202) 720-9113
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2020 – The U.S. Division of Agriculture’s Meals Security and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public well being alert for ready-to-eat (RTE) beef and rooster taquitos and chimichangas merchandise containing Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) regulated diced inexperienced chilies which were recalled by the producer, Solar Valley Meals, on account of considerations that the merchandise could also be contaminated with extraneous supplies, particularly onerous plastic. The onerous plastic might pose a choking hazard or trigger injury to tooth or gums. FSIS is issuing this public well being alert out of the utmost of warning to make sure that customers are conscious that these merchandise, which bear the USDA mark of inspection, shouldn’t be consumed. 

The frozen RTE meat and poultry taquitos and chimichangas objects had been produced by Ajinomoto Meals North America, Inc. institutions in Lampasas, Texas, and San Diego, California. The next merchandise are topic to the general public well being alert: [View Labels (PDF solely)]

• 19.2-oz. carton containing 16 items labeled as “Nice Worth Flour Hen Taquitos Tortillas Full of All White Hen Meat & Monterey Jack Cheese” with a greatest if utilized by date of “11 JUL 2021” and “P5590” printed on the facet panel.
• 20-oz.carton containing 20 items labeled as “CASA MAMITA BEEF TAQUITOS ROLLED IN CORN TORTILLAS” with a greatest by date of “26 JUN 2021” and “EST 5590” printed on the facet panel.
• 22.5-oz.carton containing 15 items labeled as “CASA MAMITA CHICKEN AND CHEESE TAQUITOS ROLLED IN FLOUR TORTILLAS” with a greatest by date of “26 JUN 2021” and “P5590” printed on the facet panel
• 15-oz. carton containing 15 taquitos labeled as “JOSÉ OLÉ TAQUITOS CHICKEN AND CHEESE POLLO Y QUESO IN FLOUR TORTILLAS” with a greatest by date of “08 JUL 2021” or “18 JUL 2021,” and “P5590” printed on the facet panel.
• 20-oz. carton containing 20 taquitos labeled as “JOSÉ OLÉ TAQUITOS BEEF CARNE DE RES IN CORN TORTILLAS” with a greatest by date of “08 JUL 2021” and “EST 5590” printed on the facet panel.
• 22.5-oz.carton containing 15 taquitos labeled as “JOSÉ OLÉ TAQUITOS CHICKEN AND CHEESE POLLO Y QUESO IN FLOUR TORTILLAS” with a greatest by date of “09 JUL 2021,” “14 JUL 2021” or “17 JUL 2021” and “P5590” printed on the facet panel.
• 55.5-oz.carton containing 37 taquitos labeled as “JOSÉ OLÉ VALUE PACK TAQUITOS CHICKEN AND CHEESE POLLO Y QUESO IN FLOUR TORTILLAS” with a greatest if utilized by date of “15 JUL 2021” and “P5590” printed on the facet panel.
• 60-oz. carton containing 60 taquitos labeled as “JOSÉ OLÉ TAQUITOS BEEF CARNE DE RES IN CORN TORTILLAS” with a greatest if utilized by date of “9 JUL 2021” or “10 JUL 2021,” and “EST 5590” printed on the facet panel.
• 5-oz. particular person plastic bag containing “JOSÉ OLÉ CHIMICHANGAS LOADED BEEF NACHO” with a greatest by date of “15 JUL 2021” and “EST. 17417” printed on the label.

The merchandise bear the institution quantity “EST 5590,” “P5590” or “EST. 17417” printed on the packaging above the expiration date. These merchandise had been shipped to retail places nationwide.

The issue was found by Ajinomoto Meals North America, Inc. once they recognized items of onerous plastic of their manufacturing course of and in a barrel of diced inexperienced chilies that was acquired from their components provider, Solar Valley Meals. Solar Valley Meals initiated a recall of the inexperienced chilies with the FDA. As extra FDA data turns into out there, FSIS will replace this public well being alert.

There have been no confirmed reviews of antagonistic reactions on account of consumption of those merchandise. Anybody involved about an sickness ought to contact a well being care supplier.

 FSIS is worried that some product could also be in customers’ freezers. Customers who’ve bought these merchandise are urged to not eat them. These merchandise ought to be thrown away or returned to the place of buy.

Customers with questions can contact Willis Hwang, shopper affairs supervisor at Ajinomoto Meals, at (855) 742-5011. Media with questions concerning the public well being alert can contact Paul Taylor, Ajinomoto Meals company legal professional, at (909) 477-4800.

Customers with meals security questions can “Ask Karen,” the FSIS digital consultant out there 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov or by way of smartphone at m.askkaren.gov. The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is on the market in English and Spanish and might be reached from 10 a.m. to six p.m. (Jap Time) Monday by means of Friday. Recorded meals security messages can be found 24 hours a day. The web Digital Shopper Grievance Monitoring System might be accessed 24 hours a day at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/reportproblem.