WASHINGTON — Hormel Foods Corp., based in Austin, Minn., announced a recall of 945 lbs of ready-to-eat spiced deli ham products due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

The product may contain milk, a known allergen, which was not declared on the product label.

The problem was discovered when the establishment notified FSIS that retail deli employees observed cheese in the spiced deli ham product during slicing. The spiced deli ham product does not contain milk. Therefore, milk was not declared on the label.

The ready-to-eat spiced deli ham product was packaged on Nov. 17, 2023. The following products are subject to recall:

• 5-lb. plastic casing or various weight packages sliced from a retail deli containing "Hormel Spiced Ham With Natural Juices" with lot code 051424 represented on the immediate packaging. The product is packaged in boxed cases labeled as "HML SPCD HAM-D SHAPE 9/5LB" with a case code 04472 and PREPARE/FRZ BY date of 05/14/24-07.

The products subject to recall bear establishment number "EST. 199" inside the USDA mark of inspection. 

These items were shipped to retail locations in Pennsylvania. The retailers sliced the spiced ham in the deli area of the store for purchase by consumers.

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