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Kayem Foods recalls 1.5 million pounds of meat over temperature abuse

Said the company corrected the cooling-system problem after announcing the voluntary recall

Kayem Foods recalled 1,584,361 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry on October 17, after a warehouse cooler drifted outside safe storage temperatures. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service tagged it a Class I recall, the agency's most serious designation.

Updated Oct 29

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Our business depends on providing consumers with safe food of the highest quality. Out of an abundance of caution, we are undertaking this voluntary recall.

from Kayem Foods recalls 1.5 million pounds of meat over temperature abuse · Updated Oct 29

We take food safety very seriously and apologize to our valued consumers. Our management team takes full responsibility. We have learned from and corrected the issue and will not allow this to happen again.

from Kayem Foods recalls 1.5 million pounds of meat over temperature abuse · Updated Oct 29