Taquitos Recall: José Olé Product Distributed In California

BAY AREA, CA — Check your freezer! José Olé Beef Taquitos are being recalled because they could contain rubber with plastic remnants, the USDA warns.

More than 35,000 pounds of taquitos are included in the recall. They were produced by Ajinomoto Windsor Inc. of Lampasas, Texas.

The recalled items were produced on Dec. 30 only.

The affected products are:

• 60-oz. plastic bags inside of a corrugated carton labeled as “JOSÉ OLÉ TAQUITOS BEEF CARNE DE RES IN CORN TORTILLAS Crispy and Crunchy,” with case codes 3366365A, 3366365B, 3366365C, 3366365D and a Best By date of December 30, 2017.

The products have establishment number “Est. M-5590” inside the USDA mark of inspection. In addition to California, the recalled taquitos were shipped to Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wyoming, USDA officials said.

"The problem was discovered when Ajinomoto Windsor, Inc. received two consumer complaints of foreign material in its ready-to-eat beef products on March 14, 2017 and March 21, 2017," government officials wrote in the recall notice. "The foreign materials were pieces of rubber with white plastic that originated from the establishments processing equipment."

There have been no reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products.

— Image via USDA; Patch editor Tony Cantu contributed to this article