A ready-to-eat stuffed chicken-breast product produced by Vanguard Culinary Group in Fayetteville, NC. has been recalled. This action follows a review of processing temperatures indicating that Park Street Deli brand, broccoli-stuffed chicken, labeled as fully-cooked mat have been under-processed.
For the past three years, public health agencies in Canada and the U.S. have documented outbreaks of foodborne infections attributed to uncooked raw breaded and stuffed chicken products. Despite labels indicating the need for adequate cooking, consumers were not preparing these raw chicken products in an oven to attain an internal temperature of 165F necessary to destroy pathogens. In this recall, Park Street Deli products were labeled as "fully cooked", and consumers simply reheated items frequently using a microwave oven resulting in the risk of ingesting viable bacterial pathogens.