Patrick Cudahy, a Cudahy WI-based company, is recalling approximately 3,590 pounds of bacon bit products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
Products subject to recall are 10-pound cases of "Golden Crisp Applewood Smoked Precooked Bacon Toppings" and 10-pound cases of "John Morrell Applewood Smoked Precooked Bacon Toppings," with the establishment number "EST. 28" inside the USDA mark of inspection and the date of "8318."
The bacon bit products, produced November 13, 2008, were distributed to restaurant and institutional establishments in California, Colorado, Florida, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin.
FSIS has received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of this product.