Bacteria prompt chicken recall

Carolina Culinary Food is recalling packages of Oscar Mayer ready-to-eat chicken breast strips with rib meat because they may be contaminated, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said.

Officials said Georgia Department of Agriculture food scientists found Listeria monocytogenes in a sample. That type of contamination can cause listeriosis, which is potentially fatal.

The nationwide recall affects all 6-ounce packages of “Oscar Mayer/Louis Rich chicken breast strips with rib meat, grilled, fully cooked, ready to eat” that bear the number “P-19676” inside the USDA mark of inspection on the front of the package. On the back of each package is a “Use by” date of “19 Apr 2007.”