August 31, 2011

Silva Sausage recalls chicken sausage products

The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has declared that 28,782 pounds of chicken sausage products are recalled by Silva Sausage Co., a Gilroy, California-based organisation, due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen.

The products contain the undeclared allergen, cultured whey, an ingredient in the spice blend, which is not noted on the label.

The products subject to recall include: 14-oz. retail packages of SILVA SAUSAGE SMOKED CHICKEN APPLE SAUSAGE, HICKORY SMOKED CHICKEN WITH APPLES & SAGE, bearing the identifying case code 10136 and use or freeze by dates through October 11, 2011. This product may have been sold fresh to consumers.

Ten pound cases containing two, five-pound packages of SILVA SAUSAGE SMOKED CHICKEN APPLE SAUSAGE, bearing any of the following identifying case codes: 10185 or 10509. Ten pound cases containing two, five-pound packages of SILVA SAUSAGE SMOKED CHICKEN APPLE SAUSAGE, bearing the identifying case code 10325 and may bear use or freeze by dates through October 8, 2011.

Each package bears the establishment number P-6086 inside the USDA mark of inspection. The 14-oz retail packages were produced between July 5, 2011 and August 25, 2011 and were sold to retail establishments in the San Luis Obispo, California area.

The products contained in the 10-lb cases were produced between March 24, 2011 and August 25, 2011, and were distributed to retail establishments and institutions in the Sacramento and San Luis Obispo, California areas.

The problem was discovered by an FSIS inspector while conducting a label review, and occurred because the spice blend used in the products contained cultured whey as an ingredient, which the company inadvertently left off the product labels. FSIS and the company have received no reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products.