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Kayem Foods recall affects 1.5 million pounds of meat, poultry products

| Staff Reporters

Kayem Foods Inc., a Chelsea, Massachusetts, establishment, is recalling approximately 1,584,361 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products because they may have experienced temperature abuse during storage, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Oct. 17.

According to FSIS, the meat products were produced from March 31 to Oct. 7, 2026.

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Products subject to recall bear establishment numbers “EST. M/P 7839,” “EST. P 20935A” and “EST. M 9520” inside the USDA mark of inspection. FSIS said the items were shipped to retail and food-service locations nationwide and to Hong Kong.

The problem was discovered after the firm received a retail customer complaint regarding warm product temperatures at point of delivery on Oct. 1, 2026. The establishment investigated and determined that it stored various RTE meat and poultry products in a warehouse cooler that experienced temperature deviations.

There have been no confirmed reports of illness due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a health care provider.

If anyone has recalled items in their refrigerator, FSIS advises those items should be thrown out or returned to the place of purchase.

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 the product is no longer available to consumers.

When available, the retail distribution lists will be posted on the FSIS website.