Alexander and Hornung, a subsidiary of Perdue Premium Meat Company is recalling close to 1,100 tons of fully cooked ham and pepperoni products according to an FSIS release, since there is a potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Products carry the establishment number M10125. Originally the recall involved 100 tons but was expanded in all probability due to the inability of the processor to identify specific production lots.
The cost of Listeria contamination across meat processing has attained unprecedented levels in 2024 with this incident, and those attributed to Boar’s Head and Yu Shang as the notable protein-related foodborne Listeria outbreaks.