WASHINGTON—The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced that Sigma Processed Meats, Inc., a Seminole, Okla., firm, is recalling approximately 2.68 million pounds of fully cooked ham products because they contain monosodium glutamate (MSG), and it is undeclared on the label.
The recall involves 12-pound, 5.5-ounce bags of "FUD, Original, Cooked Ham, and water product 40% of weight is added ingredients," packed in cases; and 12-pound, 5.5-ounce bags of "Sigma foods, FUD, Original, Cooked Ham, and water product 40% of weight is added ingredients, Si iSabe!" packed in cases.
Each label bears the establishment number "EST. 34447" inside the USDA mark of inspection and a "Use By" date of "May 23-Sept. 7, 2009." Each case bears the identifying case code of "01106."
The fully cooked ham products were produced on March 1 through June 9, 2009 and distributed to retail stores, service delis and wholesale distributors.
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