Ossie’s Ready-To-Eat Salads Recalled For Possible Listeria Risk

SM Fish Corporation of New York is voluntarily recalling OSSIE’S brand ready to eat salads because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with the consumption of these products, but listeriosis, the illness caused by this bacteria, can take up to 70 days to appear.

The recalled products were sold at the firm’s seven retail outlets located in New York and New Jersey between Aug. 1, 2016, and Sept. 9, 2016.

The recalled products were packed in plastic deli containers with a UPC Code and “Best By” date codes of 8/21/16 through 10/18/16 (located on the bottom of the tub).

The recalled products are:

OSSIE’S PICKLED LOX DAIRY, NET WT. 8 OZ., UPC 739885114136

OSSIE’S HERRING IN SOURCREAM, NET WT. 8 OZ., UPC 739885114174

OSSIE’S TAAM SHABBOS HERRING, NET WT. 7 OZ., UPC 739885109057

OSSIE’S STIGLITZ HERRING, NET WT. 7 OZ., UPC 739885109064

OSSIE’S WASABI HERRING, NET WT. 7 OZ., UPC 739885109088

OSSIE’S SWEDISH MATJES HERRING, NET WT. 7 OZ., UPC 739885109101

OSSIE’S DUBLIN HERRING, NET WT. 7 OZ., UPC 739885109002

OSSIE’S HONEY MUSTARD HERRING; NET WT. 7 OZ. 739885109019

OSSIE’S PICKLED LOX & CREAM, NET WT. 8 OZ., UPC 739885104113

OSSIE’S SHMALTZ HERRING, NET WT. 8 OZ., UPC 739885104182

OSSIE’S ROMAN SHMALTZ HERRING, NET WT. 7 OZ., UPC 739885109026

OSSIE’S PICKLED HERRING, NET WT. 8 OZ., UPC 739885104175

OSSIE’S PICKLED HERRING CLEAR, NET WT. 8 OZ., UPC 739885104205

OSSIE’S PICKLED LOX, NET WT. 8 OZ., UPC 739885104137

OSSIE’S EGG SALAD, NET WT. 7OZ., UPC 73988570552

OSSIE’S EGG WITH MUSHROOM, NET WT. 7OZ., UPC 73988570556

OSSIE’S EGG WITH SCALLION, NET WT. 7OZ., UPC 73988570555

OSSIE’S LITE TUNA, NET WT. 7OZ., UPC 73988570551

OSSIE’S HOME MADE TUNA SALAD, NET WT. 7OZ., UPC 73988570550

If you purchased any of the recalled products, do not eat them. Throw them away in a sealed or double bagged container so other people and animals can’t get at them, or take them back to the place of purchase for a refund. Wash your hands well after handling these products.

Then clean out your refrigerator or wherever you stored the products with a mild bleach solution of 1 tablespoon liquid chlorine bleach to 1 gallon of warm water to kill any remaining bacteria. Listeria bacteria can grow at refrigerator temperatures.

The company announced a recall of its OSSIE’S brand ready-to-eat herring salads last month, also for potential Listeria contamination.

FDA will vacate the Suspension of Food Facility Registration Order and reinstate SM Fish’s food facility registration only when the agency determines that food from its facility no longer has a reasonable probability of causing serious adverse health consequences or death to humans.