La Guadalupana Wholesale Inc. of Chicago is recalling approximately 8,856 pounds of chicken tamales because they produced at a plant where proper food safety rules were not in place. The company did not have a fully implemented Ready-To-Eat (RTE) Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP) plan; a Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) program or a hazard analysis, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The recalled products include 2 packs of 6 tamales in each vacuum-packed bags marked “LA GUADALUPANA CHICKEN TAMALES.” The establishment number “P-21094” is inside the USDA mark of inspection with packaging dates ranging from Nov. 19, 2014 through Jan. 4, 2015.
The problem was discovered by an FSIS inspector. There have been no reports of illness due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a healthcare provider.
