The United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and
Inspection Service is recalling approximately 28,782 pounds of
chicken sausage products produced by Gilroy-based Silva Sausage Co.
According to a USDA press release posted today, the recall was
issued
”
because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen.
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The United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service is recalling approximately 28,782 pounds of chicken sausage products produced by Gilroy-based Silva Sausage Co.
According to a USDA press release posted today, the recall was issued “because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen.”
The recalled products do, in fact, contain cultured whey – an undeclared allergen ingredient in the spice that is not listed on the label, according to the USDA.
Silva Sausage operates out of a 52,000 square-foot building along Rossi Lane. It uprooted from its San Jose location in 2009 and made a permanent move to the Garlic Capital.
Products subject to recall, according to the USDA, include the following:
- Fourteen-ounce retail packages of Silva Sausage Smoked Chicken Apple Sausage, bearing the identifying case code “10136” and “use or freeze by” dates through Oct. 11, 2011. This product may have been sold fresh to consumers, according to the USDA.
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Ten-pound cases containing two and five pound packages of Silva Sausage Smoked Chicken Apple Sausage, bearing the case codes “10185” and “10509.”
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Ten-pound cases containing two and five-pound packages of Silva Sausage Smoked Chicken Apple Sausage, bearing the identifying case code “10325” and bearing the “use or free by” dates through Oct. 8, 2011.
The problem was discovered by a Food Safety Inspection Service inspector while conducting a label review, according to the USDA, 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.”
The USDA says its FSIS inspector and Silva have not received any reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of the recalled products.
