Last Wednesday (5/14/08), a Carson, CA company called Cecina Los Amigos produced 290 pounds of pork blood sausages. Today (5/21/08), its being recalled because routine testing found it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service says the following product is subject to recall: 10-pound vacuum-sealed
Cheese contaminated with Listeria is back in the news. 
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin on 5/15/08 announced that his food scientists had found Listeria monocytogenes in a sample taken from Bright Water Smoked Salmon & Cheese Spread.
The product involved is in a 7-ounce package with a "BEST BUY" date of 06/06/08. The UPC
Attention jerky eaters, especially ones who have some clue about the location of Castroville, Texas.
Beef jerky "sold in quantities" on April 25, 2008 and later in Castroville, Texas by R&R Alsatian Sausage and Products may be contaminated with listeria. The products are being recalled by the jerky maker.
Here’s what the Houston Chronicle reports:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) was a day short of a month early Saturday since its last recall when it put out the notice that it was seeking return of 286,320 pounds of fresh and frozen meat and poultry products.
FSIS said Gourmet Boutique, L.L.C., based in Jamaica, NY
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture wants anyone who bought raw milk from a dairy farm in Meadville after March 10 to discard it immediately.
The milk, from Clark and Elaine Duncan’s farm, is at risk for contamination with the bacteria listeria monocytogenes, the department said.
The department also issued a discard warning for Raw Milk purchased
The United States Department of Agriculture has found a way to get "downer" cows, BSE, and E.coli out of the news. They are doing it with back-to-back-to-back-to-back recalls due to listeria.
Here goes the list, all issued between March 2-4, 2008 of products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocygenes:
You can say a lot of things about our friends at the United States Department of Agriculture, but one thing you cannot say is that they do not work weekends.
Another weekend has brought another recall annoucement, this one involving a frozen Red Curry Chicken & Jasmine Rice product that may be contimainted with listeria.
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Sweetwater Valley Farms, Inc. of Philadelphia, TN is recalling Southern Cheddar Jack Volunteer Special Cheese because it has 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
Double B Foods Inc. is recalling about 98,000 pounds of frozen sausage roll products because of concerns about potential listeria contamination. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the company’s voluntary recall Thursday. The company found the potential problem during an in-plant testing program.
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In addition to being sold in Texas, the products were distributed to institutions, catalog sales and distribution centers in Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. Consumption of food containing Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a rare but potentially fatal disease.
Items covered under the recall are:Continue Reading Double B Foods recalls 98,000 pounds of frozen sausage rolls
ATLANTA (AP) — Kroger brand smoked salmon dip is being recalled in Ohio and other states, after Georgia inspectors reported finding Listeria in one package.
Cincinnati-based Kroger says the product is packaged by a company in Knoxville, Tennessee, which issued the recall.