White Castle is voluntarily recalling select boxes of frozen sandwiches “for the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes.”
According to the notice posted on the Food and Drug Administration website, the recall includes a limited number of frozen six-pack cheeseburgers, six-pack hamburgers, six-pack jalapeno cheeseburgers, 16-pack hamburgers and 16-pack cheeseburgers.
The recalled products have “best by dates” ranging from Aug. 4, 2020 to Aug. 17, 2020, according to the notice. Products with these dates are being removed from stores, according to the notice.
There have been no reported illnesses from the products to date, the notice states, noting White Castle products with best by dates before or after are not included in the recall.
A full list of the affected products with lot codes and dates is listed at www.fda.gov.
“Our number one focus is the safety of our customers and our team members, and as a family owned business, we want to hold ourselves to the absolute highest standards of accountability in all aspects of our business – and especially food safety,” White Castle Vice President Jamie Richardson said in statement.
The company said in its statement that a sample tested by a third-party laboratory of its frozen sandwiches from one manufacturing facility “showed a presence of Listeria monocytogenes halting any shipment of product to customers.”
“Since the problem was identified White Castle has not shipped any product from this facility to customers. Following rigorous safety testing protocols, all impacted production runs have been identified for destruction,” the company said in the statement. ”White Castle has maintained complete control of all product produced at the facility since the first indication of a problem.”
White Castle is urging consumers who have purchased the recalled products to dispose of them or return them. For more information, call 1-800-843-2728.
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