Food Warning: Clark Farms, Farmstead & Southwinds Bacon

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US/Washington: The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (“FSIS”), a statutory regulatory and food safety authority issues a public heath warning against the consumption of several Not-Ready-To-Eat Clark Farms, Farmstead & Southwinds Cattle branded Pork and Beef Bacon products due to Sodium Nitrite levels in excess of US Regulatory Limits and consequential risks of Sodium Nitrite Toxicity, nausea, fatigue, rapid heart rate, loss of consciousness, confusion, dizziness, Methemoglobinemia, severe illness and/or possible life-changing complications, all serious health and safety hazards requiring immediate medical intervention to minimize pain and suffering as well as prevent life-altering injury or death.

USDA: https://tinyurl.com/yfwu827x

Direct link: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/fsis-issues-public-health-alert-not-ready-eat-pork-and-beef-bacon-products-due

Additional information:
The United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) reports the following Pork products are subject to this public health warning:

• Clark Farms Smoked Pork Bacon sold in packages weighing approximately one (1) pound and bearing a batch/lot code of H130RH
• Clark Farms Smoked Pork Jowl Bacon, sold in packages weighing approximately one (1) pound and bearing a batch/lot code of H130RH
• Clark Farms Smoked Pork Shoulder Bacon, sold in packages weighing approximately one (1) pound and bearing a batch/lot code of H130RH
• Farmstead Butcher Block Buck Board Bacon, sold in packages purchased by weight at the retail counter and bearing a sell-by date code ranging from MAY.2.24 through JUN.27.24
• Farmstead Butcher Block House Smoked Beef Bacon, sold in packages purchased by weight at the retail counter and bearing a sell-by date code of MAY.2.24 through JUN.27.24
• Farmstead Butcher Block Pork Jowl Whole House Smoked, sold in packages purchased by weight at the retail counter and bearing a sell-by date code of MAY.2.24 through JUN.27.24
• Farmstead Butcher Block Smoked Pork Bacon, sold in packages weighing approximately one (1) pound and bearing a batch/lot code of H81AB
• Farmstead Butcher Block Smoked Pork Jowl Bacon, bearing a batch/lot code of H81AB
• Farmstead Local House Smoked Bacon, sold in packages purchased by weight at the retail counter with a sell-by date code ranging from MAY.2.24 through JUN.27.24
• Southwinds Cattle Company Smoked Beef Belly Bacon, bearing a batch/lot code of B237AB

==> No barcodes, UPCs, item numbers, best-before date codes, manufacturing date codes, production dates, regulatory approval designations, registration numbers, agency approval designations or other identification numbers were listed with this food warning.

Please consult the photograph above for details of the food’s packaging, design and wholesale presentation. Additional images of the subject foods can be found on the Web site above.

Some of products subject to the public health alert bear establishment number “EST. 47852” inside the USDA mark of inspection.

According to the USDA, it has issued a public heath warning against the consumption of several Not-Ready-To-Eat Clark Farms, Farmstead & Southwinds Cattle branded Pork and Beef Bacon products due to Sodium Nitrite levels in excess of US Regulatory Limits. As a direct result of this suspected defect, you should neither serve nor consume the Pork products identified above.

These Pork products were known to be marketed, distributed and sold from farmers markets and farm stores in Kentucky and Tennessee as well as direct-to-consumer sales, although it is always possible these food products had wider distribution within the country.

The other Pork items sold by various weight were purchased from the retail counter at Farmstead Butcher Block and still other products were produced under a custom exemption and do not bear the USDA mark of inspection. When in doubt, please contact the manufacturer for specific product information.

Proposed Remedy:
If you believe you have purchased or have in your possession the subject Clark Farms, Farmstead & Southwinds Cattle branded Pork and Beef Bacon products, please do not consume them directly nor use them as an ingredient in another dish or preparation. Instead, kindly return the product to the store where you purchased it for a full refund.

The problem was discovered by FSIS while performing routine inspection activities. FSIS discovered that the establishment’s formulation of sodium nitrite, a restricted ingredient, exceeded the regulatory limit.

==> Never depend on your senses of sight, smell, taste or touch to confirm food poisoning, adulteration or contamination. If in doubt about the safety of any food, return it to your retailer for refund or toss it out in your household garbage, making sure small children and pets can’t access the suspect food.

==> If you have a medical emergency, please contact 9-1-1, your closest hospital or emergency center equipped to properly treat excessive Sodium Nitrite levels.

==> To see other recalls and notifications caused by contaminated, adulterated or mislabeled Clark Farms, Farmstead & Southwinds Cattle branded Pork and Beef Bacon products, please search for “pork” or “beef” as appropriate, using the Search Box at the top of this page.

If you have any questions about this public health warning notification, please contact Farmstead Butcher Block LLC at +1-270-200-4224 during normal business hours, Eastern Standard Time, Monday to Friday. Alternatively, you can e-mail the company at office@mmmbutcherblock.com.

If you have additional questions about this warning or have general food safety questions concerning Meat, Poultry and/or Fish products sold in the United States, please call the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline toll-free at 1-888-674-6854 or live chat using Ask USDA Web site option at https://ask.usda.gov/s/ from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday.

==> To see other recalls and notifications concerning Sodium Nitrite hazards, please search for “Nitrite” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

==> To see other recalls and notifications for products manufactured, marketed and/or sold by Farmstead Butcher Block LLC, please search for “Farmstead” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

==> To see other recalls and notifications for products manufactured, marketed and/or sold under the Clark Farms brand, please search for “Clark Farms” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

==> To see other recalls and notifications for products manufactured, marketed and/or sold under the Southwinds Cattle Company brand, please search for “Southwinds Cattle” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

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More information about this recall:
USDA recall number: FSIS-PHA-06122024-01
Recalls Direct RIN: 18564-2024
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