Food Safety Alert: Ready-to-eat products containing eggs recalled due to Listeria concerns

Certain M.C.I. Foods, INC. ready-to-eat breakfast burrito and wrap products are involved in a national recall. The eggs in these products are potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The products were distributed to foodservice institutions, including schools, nationwide and may have been distributed in Mesa County. To date, no illnesses have been reported.

Description of recalled products

• El Mas Fino Egg, Ham, and Cheese Breakfast Burrito (Lot Code: 80903)
• El Mas Fino Egg, Sausage, and Cheese Breakfast Burrito (Lot Code: 80897)
• Los Cabos Sausage, Egg & 3 Cheese Breakfast Burrito (Lot Code: 80900)
• Los Cabos Egg, Cheese, Potato & Cooked Sausage Crumbles (Made with Turkey) Breakfast Wrap (Lot Codes: 80872, 80876, 80881)
• Los Cabos Egg, Cheese & Cooked Sausage Crumbles (Made with Turkey) Breakfast Wrap (Lot Code: 80878)
• Los Cabos Cheese, Cooked Sausage Crumbles (Made with Turkey) & Egg Breakfast Wrap (Lot Codes: 80892, 80898, 80931)
• Midamar Egg, Cheese & Beef with Sausage Seasoning Breakfast Wrap (Lot Codes: 80972, 80977)
• The products are packaged in cases ranging from 11.25 lbs. – 16.2 lbs. 
• Visit the U.S. Department of Agriculture website for more information about the products.

What consumers should do

• Institutions should check their refrigerators and freezers for the recalled products and throw them out. Do not serve these products. 
• Contact a doctor if you have concerns after eating the recalled products.
• Consumers with questions may contact M.C.I. Foods at 888-345-5364.

Listeria description and treatment

• Eating food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis. This can cause a serious infection in young children, older adults, persons with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women and their newborns.
• Symptoms of listeriosis include fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and gastrointestinal symptoms.
• In pregnant women, the infection can cause miscarriages, stillbirths, premature delivery or life-threatening infection of the newborn. 
• Serious and sometimes fatal infections are possible in older adults and persons with weakened immune systems. 
• Listeriosis is treated with antibiotics. Persons in the higher-risk categories who experience flu-like symptoms within two months after eating contaminated food should seek medical care.

MCPH role in food recalls

There are systems in place to make sure the food people buy and eat is safe. When Mesa County Public Health (MCPH) has been made aware of a product being recalled that could have been distributed in Mesa County, MCPH shares the information so it reaches as many community members as possible.