About the Recalled Product
The recalled product is the Los Cabos® Cheese, Cooked Sausage Crumbles (Made with Turkey), & Egg Breakfast Wrap, sold in cases of 11.25 to 16.2 lbs. bearing establishment number EST. 1162A or P-5890A inside the USDA mark of inspection. The affected lot codes are 80892, 80898, and 80931.
Latest Updates
FSIS announced the recall on October 18, 2025, after M.C.I. Foods discovered through routine testing that eggs sourced from an outside supplier were contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes [1]. The recall covers seven products across the El Mas Fino, Los Cabos, and Midamar brands — totaling more than 91,000 pounds of ready-to-eat breakfast burritos and wraps produced between September 17 and October 14, 2025 [2]. FSIS initially indicated the products may have been distributed through school meal programs; the agency later clarified that they were not supplied through the National School Lunch Program, though some may have been sold commercially to schools [3].
Contamination Traced to an Outside Egg Supplier
The Listeria contamination in the Los Cabos breakfast wrap did not originate with M.C.I. Foods’ own production process — it was introduced through eggs sourced from an outside vendor whose product tested positive for the pathogen during routine ingredient testing. A student or institutional dining patron eating a Los Cabos breakfast wrap had no way of knowing the egg component inside it came from a supplier whose product was later confirmed to carry a dangerous pathogen.
When an upstream ingredient supplier’s contamination reaches a finished ready-to-eat product served in schools and foodservice settings, liability in any resulting illness extends beyond the downstream manufacturer to encompass the egg supplier whose product introduced the contamination into the production process.
School and Institutional Distribution Creates Unique Exposure Risk
The Los Cabos breakfast wrap and the other recalled MCI Foods products were distributed to foodservice institutions — a channel that includes school cafeterias, correctional facilities, hospitals, and other settings where vulnerable populations are regularly served. Children, elderly adults, pregnant women, and immunocompromised individuals are precisely the groups that FSIS identifies as facing the most severe risk of serious illness or death from Listeria exposure.
Institutional foodservice operations typically purchase products in bulk cases and rotate stock across multiple service dates, meaning a single recalled lot code could be served across many meals to many individuals before an institution identifies and removes the product. The three lot codes covered by this recall — 80892, 80898, and 80931 — represent multiple production runs distributed over a span of weeks.
A Ready-to-Eat Product with No Thermal Kill Step
The Los Cabos breakfast wrap is classified as a ready-to-eat product, meaning it has been fully cooked during manufacturing and is intended for consumption after only brief reheating. When Listeria contamination is introduced into a ready-to-eat product after the cooking step — through a contaminated ingredient added in assembly or through environmental cross-contamination — the pathogen reaches the consumer without passing through any cooking temperature that would eliminate it.
Listeria monocytogenes is particularly dangerous because it can survive and multiply at refrigeration temperatures, meaning a contaminated wrap held in a school or institutional freezer and then thawed for service continues to pose a hazard throughout its handling and service chain.
Reported Illnesses
No confirmed illnesses had been reported to M.C.I. Foods or FSIS in connection with the recalled Los Cabos breakfast wrap or the broader set of recalled MCI Foods products as of the October 18, 2025 recall announcement. Given Listeria’s incubation window of three days to ten weeks and the institutional distribution setting — where affected individuals may not connect a subsequent illness to a specific product served days or weeks earlier — confirmed cases may underrepresent actual consumer exposure.
Can I File a Lawsuit?
If you or a family member developed a Listeria infection after consuming a Los Cabos® Cheese, Cooked Sausage Crumbles (Made with Turkey), & Egg Breakfast Wrap bearing lot code 80892, 80898, or 80931, you may have product liability claims against M.C.I. Foods and the outside egg supplier whose contaminated product was incorporated into the wrap. Contact an attorney promptly, as state filing deadlines apply.
What to Do Now
Institutions should immediately check freezers and refrigerators for Los Cabos Cheese, Cooked Sausage Crumbles (Made with Turkey), & Egg Breakfast Wrap bearing lot codes 80892, 80898, or 80931 and discard the product — do not serve it. Contact M.C.I. Foods, Inc. at 1-888-345-5364 with any questions, or call the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-674-6854 (Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. ET).
References
1. https://www.mesacounty.us/news/public-health/food-safety-alert-ready-eat-products-containing-eggs-recalled-due-listeria
2. https://www.wyomingnews.com/lifestyles/health/91-000-pounds-of-frozen-meals-recalled-for-listeria-risk/article_d72eb6b3-8364-5b90-996f-2a6c1959436d.html
3. https://www.local3news.com/local-news/consumer-alert/over-90-000-pounds-of-frozen-breakfast-burritos-recalled-for-possible-listeria-contamination/article_073d7155-712d-419f-92c5-93b7b5fbb4c2.html