A health safety alert has been issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) for two meals that came from a popular meal-delivery program.
Hello Fresh’s ready-made cheesy pulled-pork pepper pasta and the unstuffed peppers with ground turkey may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes (Lm).
FreshRealm, behind the Hello Fresh products, contacted FSIS to notify the agency the spinach in the products tested positive for listeria monocytogenes. No adverse reactions have been reported by press.
But FSIS expects additional affected products to be identified and will update the alert for the public as need be. The packages affected right now consist of:
- 10.1-oz. containers with establishment number “Est. 47718” and lot code 49107 or establishment number “Est. 2937” and lot code 48840. This item was shipped directly to consumers by HelloFresh.
- 10-oz. containers with establishment number “P-47718” and lot codes 50069, 50073, or 50698. This item was shipped directly to consumers by HelloFresh.
Anyone experience symptoms of listeriosis, such as fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions, diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms, should contact a health provider. The illness can be severe on pregnant women or older adults and persons with weakened immune systems and can be treated with antibiotics.
Consumers who have purchased the products should not consume them and instead toss or return them to the place of purchase.
FreshRealm’s customer service hotline is 1-888-244-1562 or it can be contacted by email, customerservice@freshrealm.com.
Food safety questions should be directed to USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or send a question via email to MPHotline@usda.gov.
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