Keoki’s Lau Lau, a Honolulu, HI establishment, is recalling approximately 400 pounds of a ready-to-eat pork product due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The following product is subject to recall:
The product bears the establishment number “EST. 12429”
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