Updated March 14, 2002, with a list of stores. A beef jerky recall includes dozens of brand names including Ranchview, Smokehouse, Humboldt, Durbin Farms, and more. The recall includes a variety of flavors garlic pepper, straight whiskey, carne asada, mango habanero, Carolina reaper, cracked black pepper, old-fashioned maple, teriyaki, boysenberry, and more.
Consumers who have purchased the recalled products should not eat them as Listeria can cause serious illness and death. Among pregnant women, Listeria can cause miscarriage and stillbirth. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has posted a list of retailers who sold the recalled beef jerky products. The stores are located in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, Texas, and Wisconsin.
These products were produced on February 23, 2022. by Boyd Specialties, LLC, a Colton, CA, and sold at retail locations in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Consumers who have recently purchased beef jerky should check recall information carefully. The recall, which can be viewed by clicking the Boyd Specialties link, includes three pages of recalled products.
At the time the recall was issued, the company said it was unaware of any illnesses. However, symptoms of a Listeria infection can take as long as 70 days to develop. The symptoms include high fever, intense headache, stiff neck, other muscle stiffness, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions. Sometimes these symptoms are preceded by nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
