Sahlen Packing Company of Buffalo, New York, is recalling about 13,224 pounds of ready-to-eat deli ham products sold at Price Chopper stores because they may be contaminated with foreign materials, more specifically plastic pieces. That can pose a choking hazard, and may cause injury to the mouth. No confirmed reports of adverse reactions have been received to date.
The recalled ham items were produced on January 25, 2019. The recalled product is varying weights of whole hams, sliced and sold by weight aft retail deli counters, of Market 32 By Price Chopper Black Forest Ham with natural juices caramel color added 97% fat free. The sell by date on the product is 4/8/19. The whole ham products ha de the establishment number “EST. 5155” inside the USDA mark of inspection.
If you aren’t sure whether or not you bought this product, contact your retailer and ask. These items were shipped to retail stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.
If you purchased this product, don’t eat it. Throw it away or take it back to the store where you purchased it for a full refund.
FSIS is concerned that some of this ham may be frozen in consumers’ home freezers. Check your freezer to see if you have this product.
FSIS will release the retail distribution list of the stores where this recalled product may have been sold when it becomes available. And the government is conducting retail effectiveness checks to make sure that the company is notifying its customers of this recall, and that the product is removed from store shelves.
