Lee's Sandwiches recalls products falsely branded as inspected

May 26--The Garden Grove firm that operates as Lee's Sandwiches is recalling 213,192 pounds of chicken, beef and pork products that federal food safety inspectors say had falsely received a USDA mark of inspection over the last year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service last week announced that various items produced by the parent company, LQNN, between May 18, 2014 and May 18 of this year included the unapproved use of another facility's mark of inspection.

Lee's Sandwiches has been processing products from federally-inspected establishments and re-packaging them without the benefit of inspection, the USDA said in a press release. Products that aren't inspected could lead to a health risk.

Both the USDA and the company said no one has reported getting sick after eating any of the products, which were sent to various Lee's Sandwiches restaurants in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon and Texas to be cooked and served to consumers.

According to its website, Lee's Sandwiches has more than a dozen locations in the Bay Area, including Cupertino, Dublin, Hayward, Milpitas, Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose and Sunnyvale.

For more information, go to www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/home.

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