Bumble Bee Foods recalls 31,579 cans of tuna for possible spoilage
Bumble Bee Foods recalled 31,579 cans of chunk light tuna in water and in vegetable oil on Wednesday, due to possible contamination at a packing facility that may have exposed the tuna to "spoilage organisms."
The "process deviations" that caused the exposure took place at a packing facility not owned by Bumble Bee. The tuna cans in question all have "best by" dates during the month of February.
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The United States Food and Drug Administration said in a statement that Bumble Bee issued the recall "out of an abundance of caution," but still advised throwing away tuna cans with the label numbers listed below.
"These deviations were part of the commercial sterilization process and could result in contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, which could lead to life-threatening illness if consumed," the FDA said.
That said, no illnesses have so far been reported.
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