By NANCY PARADIS, Times Staff Writer
March 14, 2005
12,600 Deli Express Turkey & Cheese sandwiches, sold in convenience stores, by E.A. Sween Co. They may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled 4.2 ounce sandwich has the Deli Express product code 121 and manufacture date code 450191. Return any product with the above date…

Saturday, Mar. 12, 2005
PORTSMOUTH (AP) — Shaw’s Supermarkets and health authorities are investigating how bacteria made its way into tuna salad sold at the Woodbury Avenue store.
The supermarket said the tuna was sold in the deli under the Shaw’s name between Feb. 28 and March 9.
The listeria bacteria could cause various illnesses…

Friday, March 11, 2005
Shaw–s Supermarkets issues consumer alert
PORTSMOUTH — Shaw–s Supermarkets has announced a voluntary consumer alert for its tuna salad sold at the Woodbury Avenue store because of the presence of a bacteria.
The supermarket and its supplier, Hans Kissle, announced the product was sold in the deli service area and under the Shaw–s name in self-service, 8-ounce containers. The tuna salad was sold at the Woodbury Avenue Shaw–s in Portsmouth, New Hampshire between February 28, 2005 and March 9, 2005.
The bacteria could cause meningitis (or meningoencephalitis), encephalitis, and intrauterine or cervical infections in pregnant women, which may result in spontaneous miscarriage in the second or third trimester or stillbirth. People exhibit symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration–s Web site.Continue Reading Bacteria found in tuna salad at Portsmouth store

March 11, 2005
Shaws Supermarkets and health authorities are investigating how bacteria made its way into tuna salad sold at a store in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — The supermarket says the product was sold in the deli service area in the Woodbury Avenue store and under the Shaws name. It was sold…

3/10/2005
C.H. Clark and Son Inc., Rocky Point, North Carolina, voluntarily recalled nearly 300 pounds of unskinned pork barbecue that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Meat and Poultry Inspection Service said.
The recall was initiated after samples collected by MPIS staff during routine inspections tested…

Wednesday, March 9, 2005
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — A Minnesota company is recalling 12,600 Deli Express turkey and cheese sandwiches because of possible listeria contamination.
E.A Sween Co., manufacturer of the sandwiches that are found in refrigerated sections of convenience stores, said Wednesday that government testing had found a sandwich with listeria.
The recalled…

Mar 9, 2005
Listeria detected in barbecue products
A long-standing spotless safety record held by a local pork producer is now marred.
C.H. Clark & Son Inc., a family business in Rocky Point since 1926, learned Monday that one of its batches of cooked pork barbecue was contaminated. The culprit? A bacteria named Listeria monocytogenes ?– listeria for short.
Charles Clark III, owner of the pork processing plant founded by his grandfather, said the plant received a preliminary positive test for listeria from the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services lab last week and stopped distribution of the batch in question at that time.
ìWe immediately held all product from that date until we got the bombshell yesterday,– he said Tuesday, referring to the confirmation he received Monday.
On Monday, Mr. Clark officially voluntarily recalled a suspected 295 pounds of the cooked, ready-to-eat product.Continue Reading Local firm reacts to bacteria outbreak

March 8, 2005
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Beef-and-cheese submarine sandwiches sold at 327 convenience stores in Michigan and parts of Indiana and Ohio are being recalled because of possible listeria contamination.
Eastside Deli Supply Inc. of Lansing said Tuesday the 8-ounce sandwiches potentially could be contaminated with the food bacteria, which can cause serious and…