Banquet Pot Pie Recall – 139 cases of Salmonella poisoning in 30 states led to a Banquet pot pie recall for both Banquet brand chicken pot pies and turkey pot pies and their store brand generic equivalents.
The Banquet pot pie recall was initiated by the USDA and Con-Agra Foods, the owner of the Banquet brand, after a wave of salmonella cases in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Missouri were linked to contaminated meat in the frozen pot pies.
The Con-Agra plant in Marshall, Missouri involved in the Banquet recall has been closed, but the company says the pot pies are safe to eat if cooked correctly.
The USDA said the plant manufactured both Banquet and generic store brand pot pies. All of the pot pies made at the plant in question have “P-9″ printed on the side of the box as part of a code directly above the use-by date.
Customers who want a refund for their Banquet pot pies or the generic versions should send the side panel of the package that contains the “P-9″ location code to the following address:
ConAgra Foods
Dept. BQPP
P.O. Box 3768
Omaha, NE
68103-0768
Consumers with questions can also call Con-Agra toll free at (866) 484-8671.
And that’s the latest news on the Banquet Pot Pie Recall.
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October 10th, 2007 at 10:21 am
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October 11th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
I am very upset that their was a recall for the banquet Pot Pies,I don,t eat to much of anything and eating potpies has been a favorite meal of mine for yrs.I just bought 12just yesterday.I had already had some and yes i had been sick for almost 3days but i didn,t think much of it I thought maybe i was sick due to the weather changing.I still have cramps in my stomach and a little diarreah so im very upset.
October 12th, 2007 at 7:36 am
Dear C.E.O.
I will be sending 3 uneaten Banquet Chicken and Turkey pot pies of 10 we purchased some weeks ago. This was one of the few items our 5 and 6 year old Grandsons like for lunch. I can not tell you the devastation and grief this would have caused our families if something would have happened to either one of them. I appreciate the USDA requiring this recall, but disappointed in the time it took you getting this notice out.
Regard
A Very Angered Grandfather
October 12th, 2007 at 7:59 am
Try the Pepperidge Farm Pot Pies – no recall and WAY better.
October 12th, 2007 at 10:46 am
People get so upset, but it clearly states “if cooked properly” it should not create a problem. This is being addressed and handled – yes it’s bad when it makes people sick, but we are dealing with potential human error in most things we eat. Morale – cook your foods properly – even the e-coli with the hamburger wouldn’t create so many health issues if the meat was cooked properly.
October 12th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Wal-mart sold these Banquet Pot Pies for fifty cents each. Apparently they weren’t even worth that! How is my 90 year old father-in-law who eats them going to know how to “properly cook” them to kill the salmonella. They should be safe to begin with.
October 14th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
The Wal-mart where I live, the customer service staff denies that there was a recall despite the fact that they pulled everything off the shelves, and did not want to refund my money, but there was one kind manager that knew how to treat a customer. Tell me, who’s the liar here? On a different note, with all the food recalls why are who closing several FDA offices? Who will be responsible for monitoring our food safety?
October 15th, 2007 at 12:07 am
This is getting beyond rediculous all the food recalls lately, Its sad expecially when I just bought some of these potpies in a Publix yesterday and they have already been recalled. Why are the stores still selling them. Is it there afraid there going to loose money or that they just don’t care about the people eating them. Also I want to know why we have to mail our labels why can’t the stores give us our money back? All I have to say is if its not our food making us and our kids sick its the kids toys what does the future really hold for us. Pills for nutrition instead of food?
October 15th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
I have been sick for a week and I ate banqeut dinners.What should I do?
October 15th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
I got terribly sick 4wks ago from a banquet pot pie and have no idea who to contact?! The people from banquet are not answering their contact number…..big surprise!!!!
October 21st, 2007 at 7:49 pm
my son died cuz of your food can i get my money back
October 21st, 2007 at 9:17 pm
No big surprise, wife is a “former” employee at another plant. We know how that one is run. Staph is rampant currently. MRSA. Who pays postage for this? I’ve already bought the pies, drove them home, kept them frozen, now I have to be put out for postage for their inferior product? Do that or eat one & be sick- good choice! Maybe a Peter Pan peanut butter sandwich and a pot pie should be considered for the white collar bunch!!
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:48 pm
I bought banquet pot pies from walmart about 2 weeks ago and my husband ate one and got sick a day later did not think anything about it. I went to walmart to get more and there was none in the freezer and nothing to say they recalled them. I went to krogers tonight and they had a big paper on the freezer door that they were recalled, I called my husband and asked if he ate anymore because he has not felt good for a couple days and yes he did 2 days ago. Now what can we do.
October 24th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
We live in BOyne City Michigan, my boyfriend ate 2 chicken pot pies yesterday for lunch, and got extremly ill.
we then heard about the Pot Pie cases of Salmonella poisoning , i had him just check , and YES they are the ones with the P-9, i also am very upset with Banquet not following thru, i buy alot of frozen Banquet food, do to having children with different sports schedules ect. IF my son or daughter would have ate one of these i would have been very UPSET ! I’m upset about my boyfriend, but a child smaller weight ect, who knows what would have happen!!!
October 25th, 2007 at 7:36 am
You people make me sick. I am a Dietition, and it clearly states to cook properly on the box, as with anything else you buy from the store. I mean come on, this is what happens with undercooked meat. If you can not wait for the food to cook properly, you deserve to get sick, America is so sue happy, and some of you are probably looking for a check, it’s pathetic.
October 25th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Yeah yeah yeah, everyones sick now. Read directions and cook the f’n thing’s. Not for nothing the recall was announced over 2 week’s ago. If people are that oblivious to the news then either learn to pay attention or puke.
I’m sure people will be lining up for some cash from Conagra.
Truthfully most people have a better chance of getting salmonella in their own kitchen’s due to poor food handling and hygene.
October 27th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
How dare you tell people to cook the food properly to keep from getting sick. Do you actually think this many people are that stupid, It’s obvious cooking them properly does not mean you won’t get sick. I COOKED THEM PROPERLY. and was sick for 2+ weeks! The problem is these rich companies trying to cut corners and save a buck, theyre willing to kill someone for it.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:19 pm
My only question is, when are those delicious little bastards gonna be back in my belly??? END THE RECALL….TAKE A CHANCE
November 3rd, 2007 at 7:03 pm
It’s getting really old! I am sick and tired of throwing away food and toys that I spent hard earned money on. Not only did we have a ton of these pot pies in our deep freezer, we also had the tainted peanut butter, one of the recalled play yards and SEVERAL of the toys that were recalled.
We have 5 children and don’t have the time or money to waste on this crap!
November 19th, 2007 at 4:07 am
To Kimberly:
“what does the future really hold for us. Pills for nutrition instead of food?”
Actually, black market pills made in China and filled with street paint and lead can be found in Tylenol (etc.) bottles all over the country. I wouldn’t trust a pill either. I think we’re going to have to invent a suit that absorbs UV rays and converts it into nutrition.
November 24th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
My husband ate the pot pies and yes, they were the ones in question. He became violently ill at work and missed 4 days of work after a trip to the ER and a WBC count of 22! It was said it may be something he ate. After a stool specimen was obtained ( much later) he was released home and rested for days. He was one sick guy and will get nothing for his pain and suffering.
November 26th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
What next….everyone eat Soylent Green?
December 15th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
My lazy azz wife tried to serve me one of these and I gave her a smack up side the head. This crap is not dinner. After a hard day at work I better come home to a home cooked 4 course meal. My old lady still has a black eye for trying to serve me some of banquets lousy pot pies. Now where does she go to get a check for her pain and suffering?
December 15th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
PS the rest of you LAZY AZZ women who try to serve this off as a meal need your eyes blakened also. Cook your family a real meal. If you dont remember how, ask you grandmother. Men if you dont have the balls to handle your house, then you deserve to get the screaming shitz!
December 31st, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Chicken pot pies rule…..especially whn you cook them all of the way.
I hate the new microwave safe tin. The bottom will not cook enough…Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that some one of the millions of pot pie lovers got the poo poos from underdone chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot pieeeee!
January 17th, 2008 at 8:19 am
I ate a chicken pot pie this past weekend and got real sick. I checked the others that I had left in the freezer and there was a P6 on them. I threw them away. I went to the doctor and she said that I had food poisoning. I live in Georgia.
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Mary, uhhhh…it is P9, not P6. Nice try.
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:43 pm
wow! Everyone here is spewing forth “pain and suffering”. Americans are too litigious. So quick to sue.
Cook your food, follow directions, and stop complaining.
If you can’t read the cooking instructions, mail in your stupid labels to conagra and get reimbursed. This isn’t brain surgery folks.
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:07 pm
screw pepperidge farm banquet is the best . .you people need to stop complaining about 50 cents..
February 24th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
for those of you that say; all is needed is for the pot pies to be cooked properly. I am not a stupid person, and do not make it a habit of eating or serving my family half cooked food. I cooked the pies as directed and my father in law became deathly ill. It has nothing to do with litigation as some of you say. It has alot to do with consumers trusiting these companies to sell quality products. No money could make up for the pain and suffering my family experienced. I don’t expect to purchase a product- a food product that will put me or famliy in the hospital or grave!
December 12th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Washington, D.C. (AHN) – Nestle Prepared Foods Co. (NPFC) is recalling nearly 900,000 pounds of Lean Cuisine frozen chicken meals after a consumer complained of biting a bit of hard plastic while eating the packed dinner. The
February 17th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Here we are in Mid Feb 2009. I just ate a Banquet Pot Pie (turkey) Which i purchased at the local Super-Center on sale. 4.90 for 10 (that’s .49 each)
After noticing a funny after taste and not feeling well my wife told me about the recall Last October.
I checked it Out Sure enough the Pot Pies have the 5009 – P9 numerals.
I am going get them tested…to see if they are ones that were put right back on the shelfs.
Wake up People The Big Corps do not really care about Us only their Profit Margins.
Remember Peanut Butter recall for Salm in Feb of 2007. and Again in Jan 2009. Same Plants with the same problems. 2 years with major recalls.
They have just now shut down the Plant in Texas.
For the Record i Microwaved mine for 5:55 Well over the Limit to kill micro Bacteria as well as nuke all the nutrients.
I bet if Whole Foods (Organic Brands) Had a problem something would get done.
Trickled on Sux.