Peak Refuel recall

Buckskin · Wednesday at 9:46 PM

Just a heads up, If you use these meals make sure they aren't contaminated/recalled.. . Made my whole family really sick on our hunt.

Brucepac Recall FAQ

Which products are being recalled? This recall affects the following Peak Refuel products which the following lot numbers: Product Item Lot # Peak Refuel Teriyaki Chicken Pouch MR101941, MR102547 Peak Refuel Homestyle Chicken & Rice Pouch MR102127, MR102278 Peak Refuel Chicken Alfredo Pouch...

peakrefuel.com

wetmule · Wednesday at 9:59 PM

Dang... hope everyone is ok. Thx for the heads up. I just bought some for an upcoming hunt a few days ago, they already issued a refund.

Redbluff77 · Thursday at 12:16 AM

There has been a recent surge in Listeria and E Coli outbreaks. It started with Boar’s head deli meats, then El Monterey chicken taquitos at Costco, followed by Mc Donald’s beef quarter pounders with the onions, and now its Peak Refuel MRE meals. Many western big game hunters rely on these Peak meals while hunting. Can you please explain what is happening? is the FDA partly to blame? This is absolutely shocking, and it’s making me really angry. Are these meat processing plants employing undocumented workers who disregard safety inspections and food handling regulations? Who bears the real responsibility for these outbreaks? Luckily, my family mainly depends on ethically hunted deer and elk venison in the autumn. This situation is spiraling out of control, IMO.

Ticks N Tines · Thursday at 7:09 AM

How many times has your wild game been recalled? We know what we should be eating.

wytex · Thursday at 7:17 AM

As long as people are making things , issues will come up, folks are not infallible.

diablo · Thursday at 7:43 AM

Thanks for posting this @Buckskin. Sorry about the family. I saw this in another forum as well but without the details.

Cornhusker · Thursday at 7:54 AM

Food recalls are not a new thing we are probably just more aware of them. I worked nightshift for a packing plant while going through college 50 years ago. We had 2 major recalls on beef in the 9 months I worked there. People take shortcuts to save time and energy and the inspectors don't always catch the shortcuts.

mata · Thursday at 11:16 AM

Ya, bigger corporations try to cut corners all the time specially with mass producing chicken or beef, on the plus side be though, this is another reason why we hunt because we know exactly where our meat comes from, exactly the person that handled it, and process it and cook’s it. Thanks for posting @Buckskin.

elkhunterUT · Thursday at 12:43 PM

Last time I ate a Chili Mac & Beef Mountain House meal I thought for sure it was contaminated.

Only explanation for the EXTREME reaction in my gut the next morning.

Redbluff77 · Thursday at 1:00 PM

How did undocumented workers enter the equation?
In the United States, there exists a large population with hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants engaged in meat cutting, processing plants, and farm field labor. Most of these individuals are diligent and harmless. I used to live in Salinas, CA and I witnessed first a small number of illegals that didn’t wash their hands and didn’t follow sanitation laws when picking lettuce, hence the huge E Coli lettuce outbreak in California awhile back. I have completed OSHA, hazmat, and food safety handling classes, and have experience working in computer chip clean rooms in Calfornia and Nevada. The presence of non-English speaking immigrants who disregard food safety laws at meat processing plants in OK and TX is, in my opinion, a contributing factor to the current Listeria outbreak in our country.

But to do even the most basic food safety practices, you need workers who can get trained, stay, and put that training to work. There is lots of job turnover amongst the people that work in food/ meat processing plants famr field labor. The food industry is well aware of the strong connection between high turnover and poor food safety, often caused by poor working conditions. Some food safety audits even penalize farms and facilities for relying heavily on temporary workers, regardless of visible hygiene issues. Encouraging workers to stay silent and go unnoticed has negative impacts on food safety. The recent immigration crackdowns are causing significant disruptions that impact farm operations’ safety practices. Are illegal immigrants contributing the current Listeria and E Coli outbreaks in the USA? In my honest opinion they are. I won’t argue with anyone about the impact of illegal immigrants on our food safety. I have a website that everyone can use and all the necessary information. Please do a Google search : for Listeria outbreaks and E Coli outbreaks linked to undocumented immigrants in the US. Then search Archive.ph That is a free legal website to use when you hit paywalls on news websites. The news articles can be copied and pasted without any charge. There is a deliberate attempt by the mainstream media to hide the association between illegal immigrants and the ongoing E Coli / Listeria outbreaks in the USA, IMO

elkassassin · Friday at 4:38 AM

If I Don't Shoot it Or Catch It...............................!

elkhunter81 · Friday at 7:05 AM

elkassassin said:
If I Don't Shoot it Or Catch It...............................!

you must starve then. Go talk to the local Bishop he will get your family some food

amilladv · Friday at 11:10 AM

Hey, my name is Alex and I work at Peak as a wholesale manager. Little insight here, our chicken supplier, BrucePac, is the one who recalled their chicken and had traces of listeria found in their facility. They recalled 12 million pounds of diced chicken nationwide.

Just so you know, we test for listeria, among many other things, both when we freeze dry, cook and package. None of our products tested positive, but we are following the recommendation from USDA to proceed with a voluntary recall and are recalling all products they have deemed could POSSIBLY have been impacted.

All of our Amazon, website, and wholesale customers have been contacted.

I've eaten quite a bit of product that was in the effected batches and have been fine. Feel free to email me with any questions at [email protected].

mata · Friday at 11:21 AM

amilladv said:
Hey, my name is Alex and I work at Peak as a wholesale manager. Little insight here, our chicken supplier, BrucePac, is the one who recalled their chicken and had traces of listeria found in their facility. They recalled 12 million pounds of diced chicken nationwide.

Just so you know, we test for listeria, among many other things, both when we freeze dry, cook and package. None of our products tested positive, but we are following the recommendation from USDA to proceed with a voluntary recall and are recalling all products they have deemed could POSSIBLY have been impacted.

All of our Amazon, website, and wholesale customers have been contacted.

I've eaten quite a bit of product that was in the effected batches and have been fine. Feel free to email me with any questions at [email protected].

Do you hunt Alex?

sticksender · Friday at 11:22 AM

amilladv said:
Hey, my name is Alex and I work at Peak as a wholesale manager. Little insight here, our chicken supplier, BrucePac, is the one who recalled their chicken and had traces of listeria found in their facility. They recalled 12 million pounds of diced chicken nationwide.

Just so you know, we test for listeria, among many other things, both when we freeze dry, cook and package. None of our products tested positive, but we are following the recommendation from USDA to proceed with a voluntary recall and are recalling all products they have deemed could POSSIBLY have been impacted.

All of our Amazon, website, and wholesale customers have been contacted.

I've eaten quite a bit of product that was in the effected batches and have been fine. Feel free to email me with any questions at [email protected].

Nice of you to come on here and contribute. My question is...when were the subject batches produced? Knowing that would save me some time from going through all my stockpiled Peak stuff, all of which is at least 16 months old.

amilladv · Friday at 11:49 AM

sticksender said:
Nice of you to come on here and contribute. My question is...when were the subject batches produced? Knowing that would save me some time from going through all my stockpiled Peak stuff, all of which is at least 16 months old.

Very recent, Aug/Sept 2024

amilladv · Friday at 11:50 AM

mata said:
Do you hunt Alex?

More than my wife would care to admit. 40-50 days a year, 3-4 different states every year.

DeerAddiction4 · Friday at 12:21 PM

amilladv said:
More than my wife would care to admit. 40-50 days a year, 3-4 different states every year.

Welcome to the site

elkhunterUT · Friday at 12:54 PM

mata said:
Do you hunt Alex?

I think that may be Alex's teddy bear in his Avatar/Profile pic

wetmule · Friday at 12:59 PM

amilladv said:
Hey, my name is Alex and I work at Peak as a wholesale manager. Little insight here, our chicken supplier, BrucePac, is the one who recalled their chicken and had traces of listeria found in their facility. They recalled 12 million pounds of diced chicken nationwide.

Just so you know, we test for listeria, among many other things, both when we freeze dry, cook and package. None of our products tested positive, but we are following the recommendation from USDA to proceed with a voluntary recall and are recalling all products they have deemed could POSSIBLY have been impacted.

All of our Amazon, website, and wholesale customers have been contacted.

I've eaten quite a bit of product that was in the effected batches and have been fine. Feel free to email me with any questions at [email protected].

Interesting that none of your product tested +. I thought about hanging onto the affected product I received but already discarded it. May have to go root around in the trash lol.

amilladv · Friday at 1:36 PM

To his credit, I didn't add the avatar picture until after I was asked if I hunted haha

elkhunterUT said:
I think that may be Alex's teddy bear in his Avatar/Profile pic

amilladv · Friday at 1:39 PM

wetmule said:
Interesting that none of your product tested +. I thought about hanging onto the affected product I received but already discarded it. May have to go root around in the trash lol.

Ya, as mentioned, it was a voluntary recall, and per USDA's recommendation, that's the only reason we are recalling the product. If you bought off Amazon or our website, you should have either been refunded or in the process of getting a refund. If you bought it from somewhere else and still have those lot dates, send pics to [email protected] and they'll get you taken care of.

So per USDA, you should throw it away, but totally up to you.

DeerMadness · Saturday at 9:20 AM

This is why I make my own Freeze Dried Meals. They are better than any Mt House , Peak or any other brand meals. I use high quality meats and put plenty in every batch. The creamy chicken poblano soup and chicken pad thai are so good I could eat them at home.