Check your refrigerators: Approximately 1,513 pounds of ready-to-eat pork products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and were recalled, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Sunday.1

The recalled pork products—ready-to-eat dry-cured pork jowl, or guanciale—were shipped to distributors, food service, and retail locations in eight states across the U.S., but there have been no confirmed illnesses associated with the products.

Identifying the Recalled Pork Products

The products were distributed by Prime Line Distributors, Inc. and Ferrarini USA, Inc., and can be identified by the following information:1

Prime Line Distributors, Inc.:

• Various weight cardboard cases containing two pieces of individually vacuum-packed “PRIME LINE DISTRIBUTORS, INC. GUANCIALE PORK JOWL PRODUCT OF ITALY” with “LOT: 263311US” and “BEST IF USE BY DATE: 05.16.27” printed on the label.
• Various weight individually vacuum-packed “GUANCIALE PORK JOWL PRODUCT OF ITALY” with “LOT: 263311US” and “BEST IF USE BY: 05.16.27” printed on the label. The product has an additional label with “DOK GUANCIALE” on the packaging.

The Prime Line Distributors, Inc. items were shipped to food service and retail locations in Florida, and bear the establishment number “IT 1937 L CE.”

Ferrarini USA, Inc.:

• Various weight cardboard cases containing two pieces of individually vacuum-packed “GUANCIALE PORK JOWL PRODUCT OF ITALY” with “LOT: 263311US” and “BEST IF USE BY DATE: 05.16.27” printed on the label.
• Various weight individually vacuum-packed “FERRARINI GUANCIALE DRY-CURED PORK JOWL” with “LOT: 263311US” and “BEST IF USE BY DATE: 05.16.27” printed on the label.

The Ferrarini USA, Inc. items were shipped to distributors and food service locations in California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Texas, and bear the establishment number “IT 1937 L CE.”

What You Should Do

The recalled pork products may still be in food service and retail refrigerators and freezers, so those businesses are being urged not to serve or sell the products. People may also have the recalled products in their home; if so, they should be thrown away or returned to where they were bought.

If you’ve eaten one of the recalled products, monitor yourself for symptoms of listeriosis, which can cause gastrointestinal symptoms as well as fever, muscle aches, and stiff neck. People at higher risk of serious illness who develop flu-like symptoms within two months of eating a contaminated product should contact a healthcare provider and mention the possible exposure.

Listeriosis can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in older adults and people with weakened immune systems. Pregnant people and their newborns are also particularly vulnerable; an infection during pregnancy can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery, or a life-threatening infection in the newborn. The infection is treatable with antibiotics.