Roast beef recall due to mislabeling

WASHINGTON - The Curly's Food Inc, a Sioux City, Iowa based company is recalling approximately 12,181 pounds of roast beef deli products.

The recall has been issued due to the inadvertent mislabeling of an undeclared allergen, soy. Soy is a known potential allergen which is not declared on the label.

The products to recall include:

Cases containing two (2) various size weight deli-faced pieces of "Healthy Ones, Medium Cooked Roast Beef, 97% Fat Free, No Fillers, No Artificial Flavors, Lower Sodium" in vacuum packaged bags.

Each package bears a use by date of "01/03/2010" or "01/10/2010," a case code of "30900-17856" as well as the establishment number "EST. 15878" inside the USDA mark of inspection.

The roast beef deli products were produced on October 5 and 12, 2009, and were distributed to retail-type delicatessens and Department of Defense Commissaries in California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

The mislabeling was discovered by Curly's Food Inc after a product check.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has received no reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products.

Anyone concerned about an allergic reaction should contact a physician immediately.

FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are take to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers.

Consumers with questions about this or any other recalls should contact the company Consumer Hotline at 1-800-722-1127.

Consumers with food safety questions can "Ask Karen," the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov.

The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from l0 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day.