Sysco Quality Assurance sent notification marked: Urgent – Immediate Action Necessary – Internal Correspondence – Do Not Forward – to selective retailers following Sysco’s notification that Michael Foods was conducting a voluntary product recall of hard-cook egg product.
According to Sysco, the reason for the recall was due to a presumptive positive for Listeria monocytogenes
Today the USDA announced that 18th Street Deli Inc., a Hamtramck, Mich., establishment, is recalling approximately 118 pounds of julienne salad products with turkey, ham and hard-boiled eggs. The salads contain eggs that are the subject of an FDA recall due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The salad products were produced on Jan. 20
The FDA has ordered Mill Stream Co. to destroy cold smoked salmon product from its facility in Hancock, Maine. The order came in response to a finding of listeria monocytogenes in the facility and equipment.
According to the FDA:
FDA investigators ordered an administrative detention of the firm’s cold-smoked salmon product, a ready-to-eat food, during
A recall of cheese reported on Listeria blog earlier is being expanded according to Reuters. Last week, listeriawas detected at the Alpine Slicing and Cheese Conversion plant in Wisconsin. Today, a new company, Bekkum Family Farms LLC of Westby, Wisconsin announced it was recalling some 8-ounce packages of its Nordic Creamery Grumpy Goat Shreds.
The
Alpine Slicing anc Cheese Conversion of Monroe, Wisconsin has announced that it is voluntarily recalling multiple types of cheese due to possible listeria contamination, according to a report. The report states:
The company says testing by an independent laboratory confirmed that some products processed on the shred line contained potentially fatal listeria. Symptoms of listeria include fever,
Following notification from its supplier, Miller’s Cheese Corp, The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC has removed from sale Miller’s Shredded Cheese packages due to the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.The following products, with expiration dates of June 5, 2012 through September 4, 2012, are affected by this recall:
Miller’s Shredded Cheddar Cheese
It appears that two cases of listeriosis are linked to the consumption of cheese produces from Green Cedar Fairy in Dearnborn, Michigan, according to a report in the Detroit Free Press. Following the news of the listeria infections, the dairy recalled packages of cheese bearing the labels “All Natural Ackawi Cheese” and “All Natural Chives Cheese” with a sell
Kradjian Imp Co, Glendale, CA is recalling 231 Cases, 22Lb / Cs of Cedar brand Tresse Cheese, 16 oz and Cedar brand Shinglish cheese, 16 oz 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
Over at Outbreak Database, we have been keeping track of foodborne illness outbreaks – small and large – over the last 12 months. Here is one of the more interesting Listeria Outbreaks:
Jensen Farms Rocky Ford Cantaloupe October 2011 – 146 Ill. A multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes was associated with consumption of cantaloupe
The CFIA announced today that a prior public warning from November 24 has been expanded. A variety of “Clic” brand cheeses have been recalled out of fear of possible contamination with Listeria. There has been a report of an illness related to the recalled products.
The CFIA warning states:
The following cheese products