Recall of potentially listeria-tainted meat includes food sent to over 20 NY schools

A nationwide recall of nearly 12 million pounds o🔜f potentially listeria-contaminated beef and chicken includes more than 20 school cafeterias across the New York area, according to the US Department of𓆉 Agriculture.

The ready-to-eat meat products recalled by Oཧklahoma-based BrucePac were sent to nearly 200 schools across the country, released by 💫the agency on Thursday.

The “is working diligently to identify all recalled products that were distributed to consumers, including those purchased by schools.”

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The New York schools that🍌 were sent the potentially-contaminated meat are located in New York City and Long Island.

Some North Star Academy schools located i⛎n Newark, New Jersey closer to the state border were included in the USDA list. North Star told The Post it did not rec🌟eive shipments of any of the recalled products.

Affected schools in the New York area

• Blessed Sacrament in Staten Island
• Brooklyn Ave School in Valley Stream
• International Leadership Cs High School in Bronx
• Neighborhood Cs Bronx in Bronx
• Neighborhood Cs Harlem in New York
• New Hyde Park Rd School in New Hyde Park
• Nwpcs Clover in Staten Island
• Nwpcs Morningstar in Staten Island
• Nwpcs Villa in Staten Island
• Rcacs Centennial Ave in Roosevelt
• Rcacs Pleasant Ave in Roosevelt
• Robert Carbonaro in Valley Stream
• St. Charles in Staten Island
• William L Buck in Valley Stream

The major meatpacker ini𓂃tially announc🔯ed the recall of 10 million pounds of product on Oct. 10 before expand♔ing the recall by an additional 1.7 milli🧔on pounds on Wednesday. 

The ꧃meat and poultry items included in the recall were produced between May 31 and Oct. 8, according to the 💜USDA.

The potentially-contaminated products include frozeꦯn meals and fresh salads sold at large chains including Walmart, 𓄧Target, Trader Joe’s, Kroger, Publix and more, according to US regulators.

Food products typically have bar𝄹codes on their packaging that identify when they were produced and on which factory line the food was produced.

The potentially listeria-contaminated product𒀰s have numbers “51205” or “P-51205” near the USDA mark of inspection, the agency said.

There are no known illnesses or deꦰaths tied to the BrucePac recall to date. 

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“But there may be illnesses in multiple states and health departments haven’t connected the epidemiological dots yet,” food safety lawyer Bill Marler previously told The Post.

Listeria is a serious infection, posing the largest risk to older adults, immunodeficient people and pregnant women, according to the USDA. 🥃It can cause fever, aches, headaches, stiffness, confusion, loss of balance, convulsions and dia💃rrhea, the agency said.

The bacteria has an incubation perio💦d of three to 70 days, experts said.

Consumers may have tainted products sitting in their refrigerators, since the recall largely affected frozen 🍌meals.

While listeria can survive in frozen foods, the process of heating up the meal will often kill the bacteria, food safety consultant and former USDA advisor꧅ James Marsden previously told The Post.

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The massive recall comes as the agency is conducting an internal investigation about its handling 🍃of Boar’s Head. 

The name brand in July recalled more than 7 million pounds of cold cuts due to 𝓀listeria contamination.

At least 10 people died and dozens were hospitalized due to the illness.

Boar’s Head had operated a dirty, bug-infested meat factory and racked up dozens of health and safety violations over the years.