Surveillance & Analysis on Listeria News & Outbreaks
This comes after cheese samples were found to contain traces of Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus. The samples were collected in California on June 30, but the Missouri-based cheese company has been asked to stop production and distribution while further tests are carried out.
Morningland Dairy produces raw milk Cheddar and Colby cheeses and raw…
Queseria Chipilo of Passaic, N.J., is recalling certain packages of cheese products because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The organism can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and in others with weakened immune systems. The company says no illnesses have been reported. The recalled cheese products …
Zemco Industries in Buffalo, New York, has recalled approximately 380,000 pounds of deli meat that may be contaminated with bacteria that can cause a potentially fatal disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday.
The products were distributed to Wal-Marts nationwide, according to the USDA’s website.
The meats may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, which…
Veron Foods, LLC of Prairieville, La. is recalling approximately 500,000 pounds of “ready to eat” sausage and hog head cheese products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s Office of Animal Health and Food Safety announced today.
The following products are subject to recall:
All packages of Veron…
Pregnant women who come from ethnic backgrounds and low-income areas have a higher risk of infection from listeria food poisoning, according to research for the United Kingdom’s Health Protection Agency.
The findings are contained in two studies published in the recent edition of Eurosurveillance.
The studies found 1,510 cases of listeriosis in the UK between…
A Maryland food company has voluntarily recalled bagged, ready-to-eat spinach after state inspectors found bacteria contamination in samples of the product from the Farm Fresh store in Elizabeth City.
No illnesses have been reported, according to a press release issued Wednesday by the N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.
Lancaster Foods LLC of Jessup…
