Congressional and Public Affairs
Veronika Pfaeffle (202) 720-9113
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WASHINGTON, Might 2, 2020 – The U.S. Division of Agriculture’s Meals Security and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public well being alert as a result of RCK Meals, a Kenosha, Wis. institution, offered 34,200 kilos of ready-to-eat (RTE) rooster noodle soup merchandise that have been misbranded as a result of they embody ingredient labels meant for a special product. The product accommodates egg, a identified allergen, which isn’t declared on the product label. A recall was not requested as a result of it’s believed that the affected merchandise are now not obtainable for customers to buy.
The RTE rooster noodle soup gadgets have been produced on March 11, 2020. The next product is topic to the general public well being alert: [View Label (PDF solely)]
- 15-oz. plastic cups containing “Recent FOODS MARKET CLASSIC CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP” with a greatest by date 6/9/2020 and lot code 425798031120.
The merchandise topic to the general public well being alert bear institution quantity “P-33997” contained in the USDA mark of inspection. This stuff have been shipped to Kroger retail places nationwide.
The issue was found by a retail retailer affiliate who discovered that an incorrect again label for potato soup was on the rooster noodle soup container and, subsequently, didn’t listing egg as an ingredient on the product label.
There have been no confirmed studies of opposed reactions on account of consumption of those merchandise. Anybody involved about an sickness ought to contact a well being care supplier.
FSIS is anxious that some product could also be in customers’ fridges or freezers. Customers who’ve bought these merchandise ought to be conscious that they include egg as an ingredient. These merchandise ought to be thrown away or returned to the place of buy.
Members of the media with questions concerning the public well being alert can contact Kristal Howard with Kroger, at 713-299-6383. Customers with questions concerning the public well being alert can contact Kroger Buyer Join, at 1-800-576-4377.
Customers with meals security questions can name the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) or reside chat by way of Ask USDA from 10 a.m. to six p.m. (Jap Time) Monday via Friday. Customers may browse meals security messages at Ask USDA or ship a query by way of e-mail to [email protected]. For customers that must report an issue with a meat, poultry, or egg product, the net Digital Client Grievance Monitoring System may be accessed 24 hours a day at https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/.