USDA2024-06-12Public Health AlertCHEMICAL

Farmstead and Clark Farms bacon products recalled for excess sodium nitrite

Do not eat Farmstead or Clark Farms bacon

Several brands of pork and beef bacon products contain unsafe levels of sodium nitrite, a curing ingredient. These products were made between April and May 2024 and sold at farmers markets, farm stores, and butcher counters in Kentucky and Tennessee. No illnesses have been reported.

  • Do not eat any Farmstead Local House Smoked Bacon, Farmstead Butcher Block bacon, Clark Farms bacon, or Southwinds Cattle Company Smoked Beef Belly Bacon with the affected lot codes or sell-by dates.
  • Throw away any of these products or return them to where you bought them.
  • Call Farmstead Butcher Block at 270-200-4224 if you have questions.
Hazard

Unfit for Human Consumption

Sold states
Tennessee
Manufactured in
Farmstead Butcher Block LLC
Products
• Packages purchased by weight at the retail counter containing “FARMSTEAD LOCAL HOUSE SMOKED BACON,” bearing sell by dates MAY.2.24 through JUN.27.24.
Consumer contact
Company Contact Farmstead Butcher Block 270-200-4224 office@mmmbutcherblock.com

Official notice

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

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