Listeria recall expands to nearly 12 million pounds of meat, hits US schools

A recall from meat producer BrucePac has grown to nearly 12 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry items due to possible listeria contamination, after the company, which is based in Durant, Oklahoma, recalled over 9 million pounds of products last week.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued an announcement on Oct. 15 sharing new details about an expansion of the earlier Oct. 9 BrucePac recall to include additional products and production dates, adding that some of the items were sent to U.S. schools.

"Details of this release were updated to note the addition of 1,779,040 pounds of product subject to recall, increasing the weight from 9,986,245 to 11,765,285 pounds," the announcement read. "This recall release has also been updated to reflect that recalled products were also distributed to schools. A school distribution list is not available at this time."

The updated recall impacts hundreds of products such as prepared salads, burritos and other foods sold at stores including Costco, Trader Joe's, Target, Walmart and Kroger.

BrucePac initially recalled approximately 9,986,245 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that were produced from June 19, 2024, to Oct. 8, 2024, according to an Oct. 9 announcement from the FSIS.

The agency said at the time it discovered the issue after conducting routine FSIS product testing of finished poultry products, which came back positive for Listeria monocytogenes.