About the Recalled Products
The recall covers seven varieties of ready-to-eat breakfast burritos and wraps bearing establishment numbers EST. 1162A or P-5890A inside the USDA mark of inspection, produced across a nearly month-long production window. Brands affected include El Mas Fino, Los Cabos, and Midamar, with varieties including egg and ham, egg and sausage, and egg, cheese and beef combinations.
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FSIS announced the recall on October 18, 2025, after an outside egg supplier’s routine testing identified Listeria monocytogenes contamination in the scrambled egg ingredient used across the affected product line [1]. FSIS classified the recall as Class I — the agency’s highest-risk designation, reserved for situations where there is a reasonable probability that consuming the product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death [2]. No confirmed illnesses had been reported as of the recall announcement [3].
Distributed to Schools and Institutions Across the Country
The recalled products were distributed exclusively through foodservice channels to institutions nationwide, including schools through commercial sales — meaning the products reached cafeterias, healthcare facilities, and other institutional settings where vulnerable populations are routinely served. FSIS specifically warned that some product may remain in institutional refrigerators or freezers well after the recall announcement.
The distribution through school meal programs is a particular concern because children are among the populations at heightened risk from Listeria infection. An institution that did not promptly receive or act on the recall notice could have continued serving the contaminated product to students.
Contamination Traced to the Egg Supply
The Listeria contamination was identified not by M.C.I. Foods during its own production monitoring, but by an outside egg supplier through its own routine testing. By the time the contamination was detected, the supplier’s Listeria-positive scrambled eggs had already been incorporated into finished burritos and wraps spanning a 27-day production window and distributed across the country.
When ingredient-level contamination moves through a contract supplier into a finished ready-to-eat product, the liability picture includes not only the manufacturer who assembled the product but also the supplier whose ingredient carried the pathogen into commerce.
The Listeria Risk in Ready-to-Eat Products
Listeria monocytogenes is particularly dangerous in ready-to-eat foods because there is no consumer cooking step to destroy the pathogen before consumption. A breakfast burrito served directly from an institutional warmer or reheated in a microwave may not reach the internal temperatures needed to eliminate Listeria contamination present at the ingredient level.
Listeriosis causes fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, and gastrointestinal illness, with an incubation period that can range from three days to ten weeks. Pregnant women face the highest risk — Listeria infection during pregnancy can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, or life-threatening illness in the newborn even when the mother experiences only mild symptoms.
Reported Illnesses
No confirmed illnesses had been reported in connection with the recalled El Mas Fino or other M.C.I. Foods products as of the FSIS announcement. Given Listeria’s extended incubation period and the institutional distribution channel, individuals who consumed affected product before the recall may not have connected a subsequent illness to this source.
Can I File a Lawsuit?
If you or a family member developed listeriosis after consuming recalled M.C.I. Foods breakfast burritos or wraps — including El Mas Fino® Egg, Ham & Cheese Breakfast Burritos — you may have a product liability claim against M.C.I. Foods and potentially its egg supplier. Contact an attorney promptly, as state filing deadlines apply.
What to Do Now
Do not eat or serve any M.C.I. Foods ready-to-eat breakfast burritos or wraps bearing establishment numbers EST. 1162A or P-5890A and production dates between September 17 and October 14, 2025 — discard them or return them to the distributor for a refund. Contact M.C.I. Foods at 1-888-345-5364 or reach the USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline at 1-888-674-6854 (Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. ET).
References
1. https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2025/m-c-i-foods-breakfast-burritos-and-wraps-recalled-for-listeria/
2. https://www.thehealthy.com/news/nationwide-burrito-recall-october-2025/
3. https://www.wallingtonnj.org/board-health/news/mci-foods-inc-recalls-ready-eat-breakfast-burrito-and-wrap-products-due-possible