
Costco hit with major listeria outbreak as stores recall popular items
Daily MailThe wave of sweeping food recalls has come to Costco, with the wholesale giant pulling five more foods containing chicken from its shelves due to listeria fears. Costco has so far pulled about 200 products from its shelves out of concerns of listeria contamination linked to a single meat and poultry manufacturer Food inspection agency USDA has not confirmed any illnesses tied to the tainted chicken. The latest products pulled from Costco shelves include the Readywise 110-Serving Emergency Protein Bucket, Red's Southwestern Grill Chicken Mini Burritos, El Monterey Mexican Grill Chicken & Cheese Taquitos, Rana Chicken Truffle Carbonara, and Tagliatelle Grilled White Chicken & Portabello Mushroom Sauce. The wholesale giant's latest move to halt sales of those items is part of a broader recall that covers 200 products, amounting to 11,765,285 pounds of foods containing chicken. The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service said: 'The problem was discovered after FSIS performed routine product testing of finished product containing RTE poultry products produced by BrucePac and confirmed those products positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
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