Mississippi Firm Recalls Pre-Packaged Meal Products
Published:01-July-2009
By Staff Reporter
Recall due to possible salmonella contamination
The US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced that it is recalling an undetermined amount of various boxed pre-packaged meal kits. The boxes contain separate portions of instant nonfat dried milk.
Potential Salmonella contamination is expected to be the main reason behind the move. The master boxes, which contain the pre-packaged meal items, bear the USDA mark of inspection on the outside of the box. The products subject to recall includes, Boxes of ‘Traditions Meal Solutions’ prepackaged meal kits and Boxes of ‘ILSmeals Home Meal Delivery Service’ prepackaged meal kits.
The pre-packaged meals were distributed nationwide to various food distributors and regional nutrition service providers. These meals were not available for consumer purchase.
The problem was first discovered when USDA found Salmonella in a dairy product and alerted FDA, resulting in the FDA investigation and subsequent recall of the nonfat dry milk product by Plainview Milk Products Cooperative.
