More Than 13,000 Pounds of Frozen Chicken Breast Have Been Recalled
The high-risk recall concerns distrubutors in seven states.
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Suzanna’s Kitchen, a Georgia-based ready-to-eat meat company, is recalling about 13,720 pounds of ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast fillet products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced on Friday, January 16.
The chicken breasts were produced on October 14, 2025 and shipped to food service distributors in seven states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Ohio.
The recall has been categorized as high risk, or Class I, meaning it presents “a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death,” according to FSIS.
Which chicken breast products are being recalled?
Subject to this “active” recall are 10-pound cases labeled “Fully Cooked Grilled Chicken Breast Fillets With Rib Meat.” The cases contain two 5-pound bags of chicken breast fillets. Both the side of the case and the internal packages feature the lot code 60104 P1382 287 5 J14. The recalled products also include the establishment number P-1382 within the USDA mark of inspection.
Why are the chicken breast products being recalled?
The U.S.D.A. issued the recall after a third-party lab found Listeria monocytogenes in a sample of the chicken.
Eating food contaminated with the Listeria bacteria can cause a range of symptoms of listeriosis infection. These symptoms generally arise within two weeks of eating contaminated food, but they can start anywhere between the day of consumption to 10 weeks later. Common symptoms include fever, muscle aches, nausea, tiredness, vomiting and diarrhea. In severe cases, symptoms may also include headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Most people infected with Listeria recover. However, infants and children, adults 65 and over, and those with weakened immune systems are at greater risk of developing severe illness. Pregnant women are also at heightened risk; even when they don’t develop severe symptoms themselves, infection may result in miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery or life-threatening newborn infection.
Fortunately, no illnesses related to the consumption of the recalled ready-to-eat chicken breast products have been confirmed at this time.
What should you do in response to this recall?
The FSIS has not offered instructions to consumers who may have the recalled chicken breasts, presumably because they were distributed primarily — if not exclusively — to food service providers. However, it urges “anyone concerned about an illness” to “contact a healthcare provider.”
Consumers with questions about the recall are directed to contact Dawn Duncan, Customer Service Director, Suzanna’s Kitchen at dduncan@suzannaskitchen.com, while those with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or send a question via email to MPHotline@usda.gov.
Consumers who wish to report a concern about a meat, poultry or egg product are encouraged to do so via the online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System, which is accessible 24 hours a day, at https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/.
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