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FSIS has announced a Class I recall of 79,312 pounds of various fully cooked, ready-to-eat meat and poultry products because the products may contain under-processed ham components after contacting surfaces of equipment.  Consuming undercooked pork products, or foods that have come into contact with those products, has been associated with a variety of serious illnesses, such as Cysticercosis, Trichinosis, and Salmonella.

The recalled products were manufactured by Cameco, Inc., a company out of Verona, N.J and were distributed to wholesale distributors throughout Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.

For a complete list of each product affected, please click below.Continue Reading Meat and Poultry Product Recalled

The Des Moines Register is reporting that Russia has banned the import of pork from two plants. According to the report,   "Russian meat plant oversight group Rossel-khoznadzor said Thursday that E. coli bacteria was found in some meat from the plants."  The implicated plants are located in Waterloo, Iowa, and Columbus Junction, Iowa.

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