According to its most recent annual recall summary, USDA recorded 94 meat and poultry recalls in 2014, up from 75 recalls in the prior year. Forty-three products were recalled for undeclared allergens, affecting more than six million pounds of meat and poultry—a staggering nine-fold increase in quantity compared to 2013. Other significant categories included contamination with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, Listeria, or Salmonella. USDA classifies most recalls as Class I, the highest-risk level, which denotes a reasonable probability that eating the food would cause health problems or death.
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