Kraft Foods Expands Recall of Chicken Breast Strips Due to Possible Listeria Contamination

According to USDA, Kraft Foods is voluntarily expanding its recall of fully cooked Oscar Mayer/Louis Rich chicken breast cuts and strips that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes processed at its Carolina Culinary Foods, West Columbia, SC, plant.

The front of each package subject to this recall bears the establishment number P-19676 inside the USDA mark of inspection. On the back of each package appears a Use by date. Products subject to recall bear a Use by date earlier than 28 MAY 2007. The expanded recall totals approximately 2.8 million pounds.

Media with questions about the recall should call Elisabeth Wenner at 847/646-4271. Consumers with questions about the recall should contact Kraft Consumer Response at 800/308-1841.

For complete details, see http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Recall_012_2007_expanded/index.asp.