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True Taste, LLC of Kenosha, WI, is recalling it's vacuum packaged Hot Smoked Rainbow Trout, Hot Smoked Whitefish, Hot Smoked Herring, Hot Smoked Mackerel, Hot Smoked Salmon Steak, Cold Smoked Mackerel, and Cold Smoked Whitefish because they have the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum.
The recalled product is vacuum packaged and can be identified with either the True Taste Label in CA and IL or the Lowell Foods Label in IL. The recalled product has a white sticker applied to the package with two sets of numbers. The first set of numbers represent the date of processing the second set of numbers represents the best if used by date. This recall includes all production dates beginning on 01/01/2012 through current.
The potential for contamination was identified after routine samples collected by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection found that the product did not meet the 3.5% minimum requirement for water phase salt. The sample analysis reported water phase salt concentrations of 2.2% (hot smoked white fish); 3.0% (hot smoked herring); and 3.4% (hot smoked rainbow trout).
Consumers that may still have packages of the recalled smoked fish in their homes should not consume the product and are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.
Consumer questions should be directed to Vlad Shneyderman, 252-697-9255, Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm CST.

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A list of locations in California where the recalled product was sold is at www.cdph.ca.gov/pubsforms/Documents/fdbFrTT1d.pdf. The stores listed are Albertsons in California and GLAT MART, LA BREA KOSHER MARKET, PICO GLATT KOSHER MARKET and WESTERN KOSHER MARKET in Los Angeles. (list is from 12/19/2012).