Two companies recall imported, ready-to-eat duck breast due to Salmonella contamination

Food Product Recalls, Salmonella

Two American companies have been forced to recall smoked, ready-to-eat duck breast products they imported from a Canadian company because they may be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria.

According to separate press releases from Sid Wainer & Son Inc., of New Bedford, Mass., and Palmex Inc., of Champlain, N.Y., no illnesses have been linked to the consumption of any product included in the two recalls.

The products were imported from Charcuterie Parisienne, a Canadian company. Canada’s Food Inspection Agency notified its domestic contemporaries at the Dept. of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service of their findings.

Sid Wainer & Son’s recall includes the following product:

* Shipping containers of “MAGRET DE CANARD FUME SECHE DRIED SMOKED DUCK BREAST PRODUIT DU CANADA\PRODUCT OF CANADA.”

The containers hold individually-wrapped portions of the smoked duck breast. Each package weighs less than one pound. It is marked with the Canadian establishment number CANADA 377. Products in the recall have a Lot code of 111217, a Package code of 11JN20 and a Best Before date code of 11DE17.

Products from Sid Wainer & Son Inc. were distributed to institutional kitchens in Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. It’s possible the duck breast product could have been re-sold in another state.

In the other recall, Palmex Inc. has been forced to call back the same product. It features all the same markings in the aforementioned recall in this post.

Palmex distributed its product to distribution centers in California and Dominican Republic. In this case, it’s more likely the product was shipped to other states from these distribution points.