Reser’s Fine Foods Recalls Limited Number of Meal Kits due to Recalled Chicken

Reser's Fine Foods is voluntarily recalling a limited number of meal kits due to the inclusion of recalled chicken from an outside ingredient supplier (BrucePac), due to the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent Oct. 12.

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, according to Richard Stith, supervisory consumer safety officer for 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 Whenever a commissary has recalled or withdrawn products in its inventory, they are immediately removed from store shelves.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 following is a list of products that are affected by this recall.

• Don Pancho Chicken Street Taco Express Meal Kit 22 ounces: UPC 7111712500 and best if used by dates of Sept. 20 - Nov. 21
• Don Pancho Chicken Quesadilla Express Meal Kit 22.5 ounces: UPC 7111712507 and best if used by dates of Sept. 22 - Nov. 18
• Don Pancho Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Express Meal Kit 27 ounces: UPC 7111712506 and best if used by dates of Sept. 20 - Nov. 7
• Bistro 28 Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Express Meal Kit 27 ounces: UPC 1345438493 and best if used by dates of Sept. 19 - Nov. 17
• Bistro 28 Chicken Burrito Bowl Express Meal Kit 25 ounces: UPC 1345438494 and best if used by dates of Sept. 13 - Nov. 16
• Bistro 28 Chicken Street Taco Express Meal Kit 22 ounces: UPC 1345438495 and best if used by dates of Sept. 20 - Nov. 10
• Bistro 28 Chicken Quesadilla Express Meal Kit 22.5 ounces: UPC 1345438496 and best if used by dates of Sept. 23 - Nov. 10

Recalled salad items were distributed in the states of Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.

No other Reser's Fine Foods products are part of these voluntary recalls.

Consumers can contact Reser's Fine Foods at 888-223-2127, Monday-Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm Pacific Time.