FDA approved, so it’s OK: Lee’s Sandwiches recalls more meat: 440K pounds of chicken, beef & pork products

Except the U.S. Food and Drug Administration doesn’t inspect meat: the U.S. Department of Agriculture does.

rodney-back-to-schoolAnd this is just the Pinto defense.

USDA has now doubled Lee’s Sandwiches meat recall from over 200K pounds to more than 440K pounds.

CBS San Francisco explains that the first recall of chicken, beef and pork products from the company started on May 20. Whereas, the second recall concerns products that were produced before May 26, states the USDA.

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) added three additional products that are subject for recall to the previous list on its official website.

The official FSIS report reads: “LQNN, Inc., operating as Lee’s Sandwiches has been processing products from federally-inspected establishments and re-packaging them without the benefit of inspection. Products produced without inspection present potential of increased human health risk.”

Addressing its customers, LQNN writes, “We also would like to assure the public that the implicated products were produced in an FDA regulated facility and that the leadership of LQNN is confident that the products being recalled all meet the food safety standards of the company and were manufactured using ingredients and processes that meet the requirements of the FDA.”

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