Health authorities already flagged more than 90,000 pounds of burritos from the same company late last week for possible contamination.
Earlier this month, beloved organic food brand Amy’s was forced to recall some of their burritos due to the possible presence of plastic. But those aren’t the only burritos getting a closer look from health officials recently, as two separate U.S. governmental agencies—in two separate recall reports—have flagged breakfast burritos and wraps produced by M.C.I. Foods Inc. of Santa Fe Springs, California. The concern this time is that the affected burritos may be contaminated with the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes.
On October 18, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) first announced a massive recall affecting 91,585 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) breakfast burrito and wrap products produced by M.C.I. Foods Inc. The FSIS supplied a list of the recalled burritos as part of its alert.
The bulk-packaged burritos were found to contain eggs contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes—causing the FSIS to classify the event as a Class I, which the USDA explains as “a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.” The products were distributed to food service institutions and school breakfast and lunch programs through commercial channels, the notice says.
Now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has implicated the company once again in an October 24 enforcement report, this time for distributing an additional 92,640 burritos, also reportedly tainted with Listeria, to seven unnamed distributors across the nation.
Three products, grouped into two categories, were included on the newest recall. The items are listed as “not for retail sale” and as “intended for institutional use” only:
RTE Cheese and Egg with Green Salsa Breakfast Burrito
- Quantity: 330 cases, 72 count/case
- Size: 3.75 ounces
- UPC: 1 070657 468334 8
- Lot Code: 80860
RTE Egg and Cheese Breakfast Burrito & RTE Egg and Cheese Breakfast Wrap
- Quantity: 1,040 cases, 72 count/case
- Size:
- Burritos 3.75 ounces
- Wraps 2.50 ounces
- UPC:
- Burritos 1 070657 477333 9
- Wraps 1 070657 497861 1
- Lot Codes: 80861; 80870; 80946; 80965
Unlike the recall announced by the FSIS, the current recall from the FDA has not yet been classified. The products featured in the original recall were produced between September 17, 2025, and October 14, 2025, and bear the establishment number “EST. 1162A” or “P-5890A” inside the USDA mark of inspection. No such details were provided in the latest recall.
The FSIS notice states that older adults, people with weakened immune systems, pregnant women, and infants are at the highest risk of serious infection. “Listeriosis can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms,” the health authority writes. “An invasive infection spreads beyond the gastrointestinal tract. In pregnant women, the infection can cause miscarriages, stillbirths, premature delivery or life-threatening infection of the newborn.”
The FSIS also says that high-risk individuals who may have consumed the products and have “flu-like symptoms within two months after eating contaminated food” should contact their medical providers for care. Food distributors are also urged not to serve the products: “FSIS is concerned that some product may be in institutional refrigerators or freezers,” the safety alert states. “These products should be thrown away.”
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