The Texas Department of State Health Services today ordered Sangar Fresh Cut Produce in San Antonio to stop processing food and recall all products shipped from the plant since January. The order was issued after laboratory tests of chopped celery from the plant indicated the presence of Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause
Queseria Chipilo Recalls Listeria Laden Cheese
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
Listeria Strikes More Ethnic, Low Income Women
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
CA State Inspection Prompts Hummus Listeria Recall
A South San Francisco food company is recalling its hummus products after a state inspection found bacteria in them that could make people sick. Quong Hop & Co. started the voluntary recall of Raquel’s brand hummus products in recent days after a sampling done by the state Department of Public Health detected Listeria monocytogenes in
Two Deaths, Seven Illnesses Linked to Listeria in Texas
The San Antonio Metro Health Department is investigating a cluster of listeria infections that is being blamed for two deaths in Bexar County. The infection is caused by eating food with the listeria bacteria. Over the past four months, five cases have been reported in Bexar County, one in Travis County, and another Hidalgo County.
Listeria Linked to Chickens
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have pinpointed the primary source of Listeria monocytogenes contamination in commercial chicken cooking plants: incoming raw poultry. The findings will help processing facilities focus their sanitation processes to reduce cross-contamination. For the 21-month study, scientists from ARS and the University of Georgia tested a new commercial cooking facility before and
Listeria Still Present in New York Fish Company
On March 22, the U.S. Food And Drug Administration released this March 10 letter regarding to the presence of Listeria at its facility.
Dear Mr. Koifman:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected your seafood processing facility located at 738 Chester Street, Brooklyn, New York on October 20 through November 3, 2009, and collected
Listeria Found at Kellogg’s Eggo Plant
The Food and Drug Administration said it found bacteria in a Kellogg Co. (K) Atlanta manufacturing plant and warned the company about sanitation violations.
In a Jan. 27 warning letter, the FDA said it found the presence of the bacterium listeria monocytogenes in at least three places inside the plant, including the wheels of a
Listeriosis: a Foodborne Infection
Clinical Microbiology and Infection Jan. 2010 V.16 N.1 p.16-23
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F. Allerberger and M. Wagner, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Binational Austrian–German Listeria Reference Centre, Vienna and Institute for Milk Hygiene, Milk Technology and Food Science, Department for Farm Animals and Public Veterinary Health, Vienna, Austria.
Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of
Service Smoked Fish Corp. Recalls Smoked Nova Salmon Because of Possible Health Risk
Service Smoked Fish Corp. of Brooklyn, NY, is recalling specific "Use-By" dates and lot codes of Brooklyn’s BEST brand SMOKED NOVA SALMON 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