About the Recalled Products
The recall covers seven varieties of ready-to-eat breakfast burritos and wraps produced between September 17 and October 14, 2025, bearing establishment numbers EST. 1162A or P-5890A inside the USDA mark of inspection. Affected brands include El Mas Fino, Los Cabos, and Midamar, spanning egg and sausage, egg and ham, and egg, cheese and beef varieties.
Latest Updates
FSIS announced the recall on October 18, 2025, after an outside egg supplier’s routine testing detected Listeria monocytogenes in the scrambled egg ingredient incorporated into the affected products [1]. FSIS classified the action as Class I — its highest-risk designation, reflecting a reasonable probability that consuming the product could cause serious adverse health consequences or death [2]. No confirmed illnesses had been reported in connection with the recalled products as of the announcement [3].
Contamination Identified in the Egg Supply, Not at the Production Line
The Listeria was not caught by M.C.I. Foods during its own production process — it was identified by the outside egg supplier through that supplier’s independent routine testing after the finished burritos had already been manufactured and shipped. By the time the contamination was confirmed, Listeria-positive scrambled eggs had been incorporated into 91,585 pounds of product distributed to institutions across the country.
Ingredient-level contamination discovered downstream — after a finished product has left the facility — represents a failure point that implicates both the finished-goods manufacturer and the ingredient supplier whose product carried the pathogen. Consumers who received these burritos through an institutional meal program had no way of knowing the egg component had tested positive for a potentially fatal pathogen.
Institutional Distribution Extends the Exposure Risk
Unlike retail recalls, which typically reach consumers through grocery store notifications and news coverage, a foodservice recall depends on institutions — schools, hospitals, correctional facilities, senior living centers — receiving the notice and immediately pulling product from their freezers and warmers. FSIS specifically warned that product may remain in institutional refrigerators or freezers even after the recall announcement, reflecting the agency’s concern that some facilities would not act in time.
The school distribution channel is especially significant because children, along with pregnant women, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals, are among those at highest risk of serious Listeria complications. A school cafeteria serving recalled El Mas Fino sausage burritos to students after the recall date represents exactly the institutional exposure scenario FSIS flagged.
The Listeria Hazard in Ready-to-Eat Breakfast Items
Ready-to-eat products are the highest-risk category for Listeria contamination because they are consumed without a cooking step that would otherwise destroy the pathogen. A breakfast burrito served from an institutional steam table or reheated in a microwave may not reach the internal temperatures needed to eliminate Listeria present in the egg filling at the ingredient level.
Listeriosis symptoms — fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, and confusion — can appear anywhere from three days to ten weeks after exposure, creating a long diagnostic window in which affected individuals may not connect their illness to a specific food source. In pregnant women, Listeria infection can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, or life-threatening illness in the newborn even when the mother’s own symptoms are mild.
Adverse Events and Injury Reports
No confirmed illnesses were reported to FSIS in connection with the recalled El Mas Fino Egg, Sausage & Cheese Breakfast Burritos or other M.C.I. Foods products as of the recall announcement. Listeria’s extended incubation window and its frequent misdiagnosis as influenza or gastroenteritis mean that cases connected to this recall may never be formally attributed to it.
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, Sausage & Cheese Breakfast Burritos, you may have claims 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 with production dates between September 17 and October 14, 2025 — discard them or return them to the distributor for a full refund. Contact M.C.I. Foods at 1-888-345-5364 or 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