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# California Firm Recalls Meat and Poultry Products Produced Without Benefit of Inspection
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/california_firm_recalls_meat_and_poultry_products_0216120825/
- Published: 2012-02-16T09:23:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:23:08.000Z
- Description: AA Meat Products of Maywood, California recalled an undetermined amount of beef tripe, pork chops, chicken feet and other products that may have been made without federal inspection. Some may also have been treated with sodium percarbonate, which is not approved for those products.
- Author: Food Consumer
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Recall Release CLASS I RECALL

FSIS-RC-009-2012 HEALTH RISK: HIGH

Congressional and Public Affairs

(202) 720-9113

Richard J. McIntire

WASHINGTON, February 15, 2012 - AA Meat Products Corporation, a Maywood, Calif. establishment, is recalling an undetermined amount of meat and poultry products because they may have been produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. 

The following products are subject to recall: \[View Labels (PDF Only)\]: 

30-pound and 22-pound cases of the following products produced between January 11, 2011, and February 8, 2012: 

“AA Scalded Beef Omasum Tripe”

“AA Honeycomb Beef Tripe”

“AA Scalded Beef Tripe Menudo De Vovino”

“AA Beef Omasum Tripe”

“AA Beef Tripe”

Various weights of the following products produced between March 5, 2011, and February 8, 2012: 

Pork chops

Beef short ribs

Beef tongues

Boneless beef shank

Boneless beef ribeye lipon

Boneless beef short plate

Boneless beef strip loin

Beef fat

10-pound bags of the following products produced between April 7, 2011, and February 8, 2012: 

Chicken feet

Duck feet

Pork uteri

Additionally the pork uteri, chicken feet, and duck feet products may have been produced using sodium percarbonate, a food additive, which is not approved for use in these specific products. 

Case labels or packaging may bear the establishment numbers “EST. 21492,” “P-21492” or “EST. 21492A” in the USDA mark of inspection or “EST. 21492” simply ink-jetted on the case label. The products were sold within California. The problem was discovered during an on-going investigation by FSIS. 

FSIS has received no reports of illness due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a health care provider. 

FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that recalled product is no longer available to consumers. If available, the retail distribution list(s) will be posted on the FSIS website at: www.fsis.usda.gov/FSIS\_Recalls/Open\_Federal\_Cases/

index.asp. 

Consumer and media questions regarding the recall can contact Johnny Wu, a company representative, at (626) 376-2819.

Consumers with food safety questions can “Ask Karen,” the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at www.AskKaren.gov or via smartphone at m.askkaren.gov. “Ask Karen” live chat services are available Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET. 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 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day. 

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