USDA Announces Recall of Pepperoni Products After Discovery of Microorganism

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) announced the recall of 10,990 pounds of ready-to-eat pepperoni produced by Omaha-based Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. and sold as “Margherita Pepperoni.” FSIS announced the recall after routine testing detected bacillus cereus, a toxin-producing microorganism that causes diarrhea and vomiting.