Gourmet Boutique Recall: Chicken Salad and Meat Products

On Saturday, May 3, 2008, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nationwide Gourmet Boutique meat recall involving about 286,000 pounds of fresh and frozen meats and poultry.  The chicken salad and other meat products sold under the brand names “Gourmet Boutique”, “Jan’s” and “Archer Farms” could be contaminated with Listeria monocyotogenes bacteria, which could lead to serious and potentially fatal food poisoning.

The recall applies to certain meat products produced by Gourmet Boutique, LLC of Jamaica New York.  The fresh meat and chicken salad products were made between April 19 and April 24, 2008 and the frozen products were made between October 23, 2007 and April 23, 2008.  All of the items contain an establishment number of “P-18799” or “EST. 18799”

• Gourmet Boutique Curry Chicken Salad
• Gourmet Boutique Fruit and Nut Honey Chicken Salad Kit
• Gourmet Boutique Home Style Chicken Salad
• Gourmet Boutique Honey Chicken Salad
• Gourmet Boutique Szechuan Style Chicken Salad
• Gourmet Boutique Buffalo Bob Twister
• Gourmet Boutique Chicken Burrito
• Gourmet Boutique Chicken Fajita
• Gourmet Boutique Chicken Chipotle Salad Twister
• Gourmet Boutique Chicken Parmigiana Twister
• Gourmet Boutique Hail Chicken Caesar Twister
• Gourmet Boutique Ham & Swiss Club Twister
• Gourmet Boutique Homestyle Chicken Salad Twister
• Gourmet Boutique Italian Stallion Twister
• Gourmet Boutique Turkey Club Twister
• Jan’s Buffalo Bob Tortilla Wrap
• Jan’s Chicken Parmesan Tortilla Wrap
• Jan’s Chipotle Chicken Salad Tortilla Wrap
• Jan’s Hail Chicken Caesar Tortilla Wrap
• Jan’s Ham & Swiss Tortilla Wrap
• Jan’s Homestyle Chicken Salad Tortilla Wrap
• Jan’s Italian Stallion Tortilla Wrap
• Jan’s Turkey Club Tortilla Wrap
• Archer Farms Frozen Mini Beef Burrito
• Archer Farms Frozen Pulled Pork Burrito
• Archer Farms Grilled Chicken Burrito with Corn and Black Beans
• Jan’s Mini Beef Burrito
• Gourmet Boutique Grilled Chicken Strips
• Jan’s Grilled Asian Chicken Strips
• Jan’s Chicken Burrito
• Gourmet Boutique Wrapanini Chicken Parmigiana
• Gourmet Boutique Wrapanini Meatball Parmigiana
• Gourmet Boutique Wrapanini Sausage and Peppers

Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, which is a potentially fatal disease.  Healthy adults rarely contract listeriosis, but individuals with a weakened immune system, such as children, elderly, those undergoin chemotherapy or infected with HIV, can be very susceptible to the sometimes fatal infections.  Listeriosis can also lead to miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.  Symptoms of listeria food poisoning can include:

• High Fever
• Severe Headache
• Stiff Neck
• Nausea

The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline is available Monday through Friday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at (888) 674-6854. 

Food poisoning lawsuits are being reviewed throughout the United States on behalf of individuals who have been diagnosed with listeriosis after eating one of these products.