Don't Eat These Specialty Meats!

SECOND UPDATE on Yauk Specialty Meats Recall, December 16:

Yauk’s Specialty Meats is expanding its recall to include an additional products produced under insanitary conditions, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products being recalled now are in addition to the various meat and poultry products that were recalled on Dec. 9 and Dec. 12, 2013.

The products subject to this expansion of the recall can be identified by the establishment number “Est. 20309” inside the USDA Mark of Inspection and include these brands:

• “Corner Post Meats” hams and bacon
• “Old Style Sausage” Smoked Andouille Sausage
• “Old Style Sausage” Smoked Kielbasa Sausage

UPDATE on Yauk Recall: December 12

Yauk’s Specialty Meats, a Windsor, Colorado establishment, is expanding its recall to include an undetermined amount of various meat and poultry products that were produced under unsanitary conditions, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products being recalled are in addition to the approximately 90,000 pounds of various meat and poultry products that were recalled on Dec. 9, 2013.

Products subject to this recall expansion bear the establishment number “Est. 20309” or “P-20309” inside the USDA Mark of Inspection.  To see the list of brand names involved in this recall, click on the link listed under "sources" below.

The following recall was posted by the USDA on December 9, 2013:

Yauk’s Specialty Meats, a Windsor, Colo., establishment, is recalling approximately 90,000 pounds of various meat and poultry products that were produced under insanitary conditions, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The following products are subject to recall: 

• “Colorado Best Beef” brand various fresh, smoked and shelf-stable meat products.
• “James Ranch” brand jerky and summer sausage.
• “Rocky Plains Meats” brand hams, bacon, raw and smoked sausage, jerky and raw poultry.
• “John Long Farms” brand fresh and smoked pork products.
• “Horned Beef” brand jerky.
• “Mile High Hungarian Sausage” brand fresh and smoked bacon and sausage.

All products being recalled are packaged in retail-ready packaging of various sizes. Each package bears the establishment number “Est. 20309” or “P-20309” inside the USDA Mark of Inspection. The products were produced between April 1, 2013, and Dec. 5, 2013 and can be identified by four-digit Julian dates ranging between 3091 and 3339. The products were sold at the wholesale and retail level in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

FSIS began a food safety assessment at the plant on Dec. 5, 2013, and discovered that product was being produced under insanitary conditions, including rodent activity in the production, storage and retail areas of the property. FSIS has suspended the assignment of inspectors at the establishment, and the investigation is ongoing.  FSIS and the establishment have received no reports of illness due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a healthcare provider.

FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to ensure that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers. When available, the retail distribution list(s) will be posted on the FSIS website at www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls.

Consumers and media with questions about the recall should contact Wayne Yauk at 970-686-9080.

Sources:

usda.gov  "Colorado Firm Recalls Meat and Poultry Products That Were Produced Under Insanitary Conditions"

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2013/recall-073-2013-expansion-2

fsis.usda.gov  "Colorado  Firm Recalls Meat and Poultry Products That Were Produced Under Unsanitary Conditions"

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2013/recall-073-2013-release-expansion

fsis.usda.gov "Colorado Firm Recalls Meat And Poultry Products That Were Produced Under Insanitary Conditions"

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2013/recall-073-2013-release