Blue Grass Quality Meats of Erlanger, Kentucky is recalling about 121,083 pounds of pork bacon and ready-to-eat turkey products sold under various brand names because they contain soy, a known allergen, that is not declared on the product labels. There have been no confirmed reports of allergic reactions received to date due to the consumption of these products.
The recalled items are Cajun sale bacon and ready-to-eat Cajun style turkey breast items. They were produced on dates ranging from October 29, 2018 to November 19, 2019. The recalled items are:
- Various weights of shrink-wrap packages containing “BLUE GRASS CAJUN STYLE TURKEY BREAST” with sell by dates from 7/1/19 to 1/9/20.
- Various weights of shrink-wrap packages containing “OLDE WORLD Cajun Style TURKEY BREAST” with sell by dates from 7/1/19 to 1/1/20.
- Various weights of shrink-wrap packages containing “Robinson’s PREMIUM Cajun Style Turkey Breast” with sell by dates from 7/12/19 to 1/16/20.
- Various weights of shrink-wrap packages containing “Troyer CAJUN STYLE TURKEY BREAST” with sell by dates from 7/18/19 to 1/21/20.
- Various weights of vacuum sealed packages containing “Troyer CAJUN STYLE BACON” with sell by dates from 1/28/19 to 2/19/20.
These products all have the establishment number “P-7417” or “EST. 7417” that is stamped inside the USDA mark of inspection ..They were shipped to retail locations in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia. They may have been offered as retail sliced deli product. You can see pictures of product labels for these Blue Grass Turkey and Bacon products at the USDA web site.
The problem was discovered when the firm’s seasoning supplier notified them that the seasoning, which isn’t supposed to contain soy, does contain soy lecithin. Please check your freezer to see if you have these products. If so, and you can’t consume soy, throw them away or take them back to the place of purchase for a full refund. If a retail distribution list becomes available, the USDA will publish it on their web site.