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CBS2 - New York
May 31, 2005 11:23 am US/Eastern

WASHINGTON (AP) Ready-to-eat meat products made by Winter Sausage Manufacturing are being recalled, because they may be contaminated with listeria.

The products recalled by the East Pointe, Mich., firm were distributed to retail stores and institutions in Michigan, New York and Ohio. The recalled products bear the number ìEST. 10158-- inside the USDA mark of inspection and include products labeled with the names, M & I Brand, The Butcher Shop, Old Tyme Deli, Rizk Halal Meat, Salay's, Spartan, Top Dog, Walnut Creek, Winter or Winter's, World Famous, Tony Packo's and Zorba, Loukaniko.

May 26, 2005

(1010 WINS) FRANKLIN SQUARE, Long Island Sausage sold by a Long Island deli is being recalled after routine tests discovered listeria in them. T-and-F Italian Deli and Pork Store on Hemptead Turnpike in Franklin Square announced today that the bacteria was found in their hot sopressata. The recall affects sopressata sold between April 28th and May 24th.

Listeria can cause flu-like symptoms. It can be especially dangerous to pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems. The deli says no illnesses have been reported.

The deli has stopped making the sopressata until they determine the source of the problem.

By FDA
May 16, 2005, 13:47

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Lewisville, TX -- May 13, 2005 -- Prime Deli Corporation of Lewisville, Texas is recalling 63,476 units of 7 Eleven Grilled Sandwich and 7 Eleven Big Eats brand sandwiches because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

May 7, 2005

A food distributor for QuikTrip convenience stores is recalling Po Boy sandwiches that were sold last month in Arizona and three other states.

Quik'n Tasty Foods Inc., a subsidiary of QuikTrip Corp., said Friday that the Po Boy sandwiches could be contaminated with the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. The recall affects sandwiches with 101 N6 stamped on them. They were distributed to QuikTrip locations in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois and Arizona between April 18 and 29.

The recall came after a supplier notified Quik'n Tasty that the ham in the sandwiches could be contaminated.

No illnesses have been reported, but the bacteria can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in children, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems. Healthy people could suffer short-term symptoms such as fever, headache or nausea.

- Associated Press

With media attention on product recalls due to potential contamination with such bacteria and viruses as E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and hepatitis A and outbreaks of illnesses caused by these pathogens comes consumers' need to know about foodborne pathogens. Marler Clark, the Seattle law firm that has represented thousands of victims of foodborne illness outbreaks across the country, re-launched its Web site about foodborne illness, www.foodborneillness.com, in mid-April.

(PRWEB) May 3, 2005 -- Foodborne illnesses, such as E. coli, Salmonella, Listeria, and Hepatitis A, have been the topic of news reports across the nation in recent months. With media attention on product recalls and outbreaks comes consumers' need to know about foodborne pathogens. Marler Clark, the Seattle law firm that has represented thousands of victims of foodborne illness outbreaks across the country, re-launched its Web site about foodborne illness, www.foodborneillness.com, in mid-April.