Thursday, February 5, 2009

Windsor Quality Food Co.'s Whitey Brand Chili Products because of possible contamination with foreign materials

Please review the following message from Alan Talarsky, Environmental Scientist 1, Food and Drug Safety Program, DHSS regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Class 1 recall of Windsor Quality Food Co.'s Whitey Brand Chili Products because of possible contamination with foreign materials.Windsor Quality Food Co., Ltd., doing business as Windsor Foods, a Tulsa, Okla., establishment, is recalling approximately 676,560 pounds of frozen chili beef products that may contain foreign materials from an ingredient source, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced. The following products are subject to recall: * 5-pound bags of frozen "Whitey'sT Chili with Beans, PREMIUM, No MSG." Each bag bears a product number of "48359" as well as code dates of "4918311," "4918318," "4918322," "4918325," "4918329," "4918336," "4918339," "4918346," "4918347," "4918353," "4918357," "4919006," "4919008," or "4919013" located on the back of the bag. Each bag bears the establishment number "Est. 7163" inside the USDA mark of inspection. * 20-pound cases of frozen "Whitey'sT Chili with Beans, PREMIUM, No MSG." Each case bears a product number of "48359" as well as code dates of "4918311," "4918318," "4918322," "4918325," "4918329," "4918336," "4918339," "4918346," "4918347," "4918353," "4918357," "4919006," "4919008," or "4919013" located on the side of the case. Each case bears the establishment number "Est. 7163" inside the USDA mark of inspection. A sample photo of these products is attached above for your reference.The products were produced on Nov. 6, 2008, through Jan. 13, 2009, and were distributed to food service and limited retail establishments nationwide. The problem was discovered after the company received 16 reports of consumer complaints about finding small pebbles or stones in the product and 4 reports of injury. FSIS has not received any reports of injury at this time. Anyone concerned about an injury from consumption of the products should contact a physician. Media and consumers with questions about the products should contact company Senior Vice President Lynn Hall at (512) 249-3416. No action is required of local health departments at this time for this recall. If any requests for assistance are received from USDA, the Food and Drug Safety Program will contact you. For additional information regarding warnings and recalls, please click on the weblink below.

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