Poultry, Pork, and Beef Recalled After Deadly Listeria Outbreak

If you’ve purchased ready-to-eat meat products recently, check your refrigerator and freezer—they may have been recalled. About 72,240 pounds of pork, poultry, and beef produced by Yu Shang company may have been contaminated with the dangerous microbe listeria monocytogenes, according to the USDA’s recent recall alert.

The recall includes 26 different products from Yu Shang, which has already resulted in 11 documented illnesses in California, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York—including one death and nine people hospitalized.

The recall includes all Yu Shang products with the establishment number “P-46684” or “EST. M46684,” produced before October 28, 2024. The products include:

• Japanese Chasu Pork Belly
• Braised Pork Belly in Brown Sauce
• Seasoned Pork Feet
• Seasoned Pork Hock
• Chinese Brand Spicy Duck Head
• Yushang Brand Cooked Chicken
• Chinese Brand Spicy Duck Neck
• Bazhen Seasoned Whole Chicken
• Chinese Brand Spicy Duck Tongues
• Chinese Brand Spicy Duck Wings
• Chinese Brand Chicken Feet
• Yushang Sausage Made With Pork and Chicken
• Seasoned Pork Tongues
• Seasoned Chicken Quarter Leg
• Braised Beef Shank
• Braised Chicken Szechuan Pepper Flavor
• Yu Shang Brand Cooked Pork Hock
• Seasoned Pork Snout Meat
• Spicy Pork Ear
• Spicy Chicken Gizzards
• Spicy Pork Feet
• Lambs Head Soup (frozen)
• Chinese Brand Spicy Chicken Feet
• Beef Tendon, Shank and Tripe With Chili Sauce
• Brand Cooked Chicken Livers
• Pickled Chicken Feet
• Braised Pork With Preserved Vegetables

If you find the product in your refrigerator or freezer, you should throw them away or return them to the store. If you have any questions about the recall, you can email ling16099@yahoo.com or contact Ling Li, Yu Shang Food, Inc. Plant Manager, at 864-310-6313—or contact the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or send a question via email to MPHotline@usda.gov.

Symptoms of a listeria infection can include fever, headache, stiff neck, muscle aches, confusion, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. It can be an especially dangerous condition for children and people who are pregnant, over 65, or who have weakened immune systems. Symptoms of listeriosis can start just a few hours after consuming the food, or two to three days—though the more serious versions can take up to three months after consuming the food to develop, according to the FDA. If you develop flu-like symptoms, especially after eating one of these products, talk to your health care provider.