Nam & Son of MD, Jessup, MD is recalling one-pound bags of soybean sprouts, with the sell-by date of December 21, 2023, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

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 short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headaches, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeriainfections can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

The product has been distributed to retail stores in MD ranging from December 14, 2023.

The affected product is packaged in a 1lb plastic bag (retail), labeled under the Nam & Son of MD DBA Sam Sung S & M Food and have a “Sell By” date of December 21, 2023.

NO illness has been reported to date.

The recall was initiated after a random sample was collected and analyzed by the state of Maryland, which resulted in confirmation of presence Listeria Monocytogenes in the product. The company has actively started investigating the root cause of the problem. All retail stores who have this “Sell By” date on the packaging should remove this product from their shelves. Consumers should not consume the products and should discard this product or return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.

Consumers should contact their health provider with any illness concerns. Consumers with questions about the warning may contact Nam & Son at 443-896-6738 which will be monitored 24 hours EST from Monday – Sunday.

Link to First Recall

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BrightFarms has issued a voluntary recall of spinach grown by its supplier Element Farms in their Pompton Plains, New Jersey farm and distributed under the BrightFarms brand because the spinach has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Due to potential cross-contamination, BrightFarms is also issuing a voluntary recall of a limited quantity of four salad kit products (shown below) from its Selinsgrove, PA facility.

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that 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 short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriage and stillbirths among pregnant women.

The recalled products were distributed to retailers in seven states including Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

The products come in 4-oz, clear, plastic containers. Information about the “best by” date, UPC, and facility code can be found at the bottom of the package. Pictures to assist customers in identifying the recalled products are found at the end of this announcement.

ProductOunceUPC
Codes
Facility
Code
Best-By Date
BrightFarms Baby Spinach3.5oz8-57062-00492-3PEN81/11/2024,
1/13/2024,
1/18/2024,
1/20/2024
BrightFarms Mediterranean
Crunch Kit
6.35oz8-50051-82501-1PEN41/15/2024,
1/20/2024
BrightFarms Chickpea Caesar
Crunch Kit
6.50oz8-57062-00415-2PEN41/15/2024,
1/20/2024
BrightFarms Bacon Ranch
Crunch Kit
6.70oz8-57062-00416-9PEN41/15/2024
BrightFarms Southwest
Chipotle
5.85oz8-50051-82500-4PEN41/15/2024

No illnesses have been reported to date.

The recall of spinach was initiated after routine sampling conducted by Element Farms yielded a positive result for Listeria monocytogenes. Due to potential cross-contamination at BrightFarms’s Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania facility, BrightFarms is also recalling a limited quantity of four select salad kit products. No positive test results or reported illness have been received on those products, to date.

As a result of today’s recall, the company has temporarily suspended distribution of Element Farms grown spinach.

Fresh Express has issued a voluntary recall of a Fresh Express Spinach, 8 oz. size, with product code G332 and use-by date of December 15 and Publix Spinach, 9 oz size, with product code G332 and a now expired use-by date of December 14 due to a potential health risk from Listeria monocytogenesListeria monocytogenes 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 short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. Consumers with these symptoms of listeriosis should consult their health care provider.

The two recalled spinach items were distributed to retailers in seven states including AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, TN and VA.

Fresh Express Limited Product Recall December 15, 2023

Name of ProductOuncesUPCBag CodeUse-By DateDistribution States
Fresh Express Spinach8 oz.0 71279 13204 4G332Dec 15, 2023AL, FL, GA, NC, VA
Publix Spinach9 oz.0 41415 00886 1G332Dec 14, 2023AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, TN, VA

Product codes are located on the front of the packages below the use-by dates. Photos are provided for ease of identifying the products.

To date no illnesses are reported in connection with the recall and no other Fresh Express products are being recalled.

The recall was initiated after routine sampling conducted by the Florida Department of Agriculture yielded a positive result for Listeria monocytogenes in a single randomly selected package of spinach. Fresh Express immediately notified affected retailers and instructed them to remove the recalled items from store shelves and all inventories.

Herold’s Salads of Cleveland is recalling assorted deli salads packaged in various sizes. Recalled products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

There have been no reported illnesses or adverse health effects reported to date, however, Herolds Salads Inc. is proactively recalling specific batches to which this risk applies. The following products should be disposed of immediately (label examples are included):

  • Southern Potato Salad Best Before: 1/14/2024-1/16/2024
  • Original Potato Salad Best Before: 1/14/2024-1/16/2024
  • Original Potato Salad with Egg Best Before: 1/14/2024-1/16/2024
  • Rotini Garden Medley Best Before: 1/14/2024-1/16/2024
  • Greek Orzo Best Before: 1/14/2024
  • Black Bean and Corn Salsa Best Before: 01/14/2024
  • Fireland Deli Potato Salad Best Before: 01/26/2024
  • Amish Macaroni Salad Best Before: 01/17/2024
  • Amish Potato Salad Best Before: 01/17/2024
  • Original Macaroni Salad Best Before: 01/14/2024-1/16/2024
  • Poppyseed Pasta Salad Best Before: 1/6/2024
  • Amish Wedding Rotini Garden Medley Best Before: 01/14/2024
  • Amish Wedding Potato Salad Best Before: 1/24/2024
  • Amish Wedding Macaroni Salad Best Before: 1/19/2024
  • Amish Wedding Diced Cucumber Salad Best Before: 01/23/2024
  • Amish Macaroni Salad (Dutch Valley) Best Before: 1/19/2024
  • Amish Potato Salad (Dutch Valley) Best Before: 1/19/2024

Product may have been repackaged in a variety of sizes pending on the location of purchase. Please ask your local point of purchase if the product purchased falls within this recall.

Products were available at the following locations in Ohio:

  • Lake Road Market, 20267 Lake Rd., Rocky River
  • Krieger’s Ranch Market, 615 Graham Road, Cuyahoga Falls
  • Shop N Save, 37 Ridge Rd, Newton Falls
  • Tost, 13427 Madison Ave, Lakewood
  • Tost, 2341 Scranton Rd, Cleveland
  • Chuppa’s Market Place, 5640 Pearl Road, Parma
  • Mike’s Market, 9189 Chillicothe Rd, Kirtland
  • Rego’s, 19600 W 130th St, Strongsville
  • Dave’s Market, 1929 E. 61st Street, Cleveland
  • Dave’s Market, 871 E. Exchange St., Akron
  • Dave’s Market, 4948 Turney Rd., Garfield Heights
  • Dave’s Market, 22501 Shore Center Dr., Euclid
  • Dave’s Market, 16820 Harvard Ave., Cleveland
  • Dave’s Market, 3628 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Heights
  • Dave’s Market, 5100 Wilson Mills Rd., Richmond Heights
  • Dave’s Market, 3565 Ridge Road, Cleveland
  • Farmhouse Foods, 20524 Southgate Park Blvd., Bedford
  • Bums, 7771 Broadway Ave., Cleveland
  • Verdi’s Italian Market, 8720 Mentor Ave., Mentor
  • Postiy’s Meats, 3819 Columbus Rd., Canton
  • Pressler Meats, 2553 Pressler Rd., Akron
  • Macali’s Giant Eagle, 48 Vienna Ave., Niles
  • Edinburgh Corner Store, 6792 Tallmadge Rd., Rootstown
  • Brownhelm Country Market, 1605 North Ridge Rd., Vermilion
  • Steve Polansky Meats, 6703 Dewey Rd., Amherst
  • Augie’s Pizza, 14084 State Rd., North Royalton
  • Vermillion Market, 2901 Liberty Ave., Vermillion
  • Lucky’s Market, 7596 Fredle Dr., Concord
  • Raddell’s Sausage, 478 E. 152nd St., Cleaveland
  • Mentor Family Foods, 7294 Lakeshore Blvd., Mentor
  • Rego Brother’s Market, 19600 W. 130th St., Strongsville
  • Miller’s Grocery, 711 Wooster St., Lodi
  • Miller’s Grocery, 1617 Claremont Ave., Ashland
  • IGA, 220 N. Main St., Rittman
  • Heffelfinger Meats, 469 County Road 30A, Jeromesville
  • Albert’s, 460 Main St., Grafton
  • Fresh Deli, 5 East Caston Rd., Akron
  • Roots Poultry, 3721 W. State St., Fremont
  • Herolds Salads Inc, 17512 Miles Ave., Cleveland

Listeria Monocytogenes is commonly known for causing fever, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea and may also lead to stillbirth in severe cases. Persons exhibiting any of these symptoms should seek medical attention immediately.

The recalled peaches have been linked to an outbreak of Listeriosis that has resulted in eleven illnesses.

FDA, CDC and State Health Departments have yet to weigh in.

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The HMC Group Marketing, Inc., which does business as HMC Farms, is voluntarily recalling peaches, plums and nectarines sold in retail stores between May 1 and November 15, 2022 and between May 1 and November 15, 2023. The fruit is being recalled because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that 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 short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

The recalled fruit was distributed nationwide and sold at retail stores as individual pieces of fruit bearing PLU stickers (see photos) or in consumer packaging (also shown in the attached photos) AND sold at retail between May 1 and November 15, 2022 and between May 1 and November 15, 2023.

This recall includes only conventionally grown fruit – no organic fruit is being recalled. Peaches, plums, and nectarines currently available for sale at retail stores are not included in this recall.

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is advising consumers not to consume Wilcox Ice Cream (“best by” dates 9/13/24, 9/14/24, 9/15/24), produced by Wilcox Ice Cream in East Arlington, Vermont, as it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. 

The company is voluntarily recalling the following products:

FlavorPackage Size
Wilcox’s Premium Sweet Cream1.5 QuartQuartPint
Wilcox’s Premium Sweet Cream Caramel Apple       1.5 QuartQuartPint
Wilcox’s Premium Vanilla1.5 QuartQuartPint
Wilcox’s Premium Salted Caramel Turtle1.5 QuartQuartPint
Wilcox’s Premium Maple Cream1.5 QuartQuartPint
Wilcox’s Premium Mint Chocolate Chip1.5 QuartQuartPint
Leonardo’s Gelato Mint Chocolate Chip4 oz. cups  
Wilcox’s SUPER PREMIUM Mint Chocolate Chip1.5 Quart Pint
Wilcox’s SUPER PREMIUM Caramel Brownie 1.5 Quart Pint

Consumers should discontinue consumption of the product immediately. Please dispose of this product or return to your store of purchase for full credit.  

“Listeriosis can cause serious health concerns,” said Patricia Tilley, Director of the DHHS Division of Public Health Services (DPHS). “Foods that are contaminated may not look, smell, or taste any different so there is no way to tell if Listeriosis is present. The Division of Public Health Services is recommending that consumers, restaurants, and retailers check their freezers and throw away recalled ice cream products or return to the place of purchase for a full refund.”

The recall was initiated after a sample tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes by the DPHS Public Health Laboratory. No illnesses have been reported to date. Wilcox Ice Cream is sold at food establishments in New England including the Hanover Co-Op Food Store, Lebanon Co-Op Food Store and the Monadnock Food Co-Op in New Hampshire. DHHS will provide updates if additional New Hampshire distribution locations are identified. Wilcox Ice Cream is cooperating with state officials to determine the root cause of the contamination. 

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, especially in young children, frail or elderly people, pregnant women, and others with weakened immune systems.

Symptoms of listeriosis include fever, muscle aches, and sometimes nausea and vomiting. The bacteria can also spread from the gut to other parts of the body and cause serious and invasive infection, including the nervous system leading to symptoms such as headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or convulsions. Listeriosis can be treated with antibiotics, so anyone who suspects they may have the illness should contact their healthcare provider.

Two people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria were reported from two states: one from New York and one from Pennsylvania. Sick people’s samples were collected in May and June 2023. Both sick people were hospitalized, and neither died.

The true number of sick people in this outbreak is likely higher than the number reported, and this outbreak may not have been limited to the states with known illnesses. This is because some people recover without medical care and are not tested for Listeria.

One sick person ate “Soft Serve on The Go” ice cream cups, and the other person likely ate the same ice cream cup at a long-term care facility they lived.

The outbreak strain of Listeria was found in “Soft Serve On The Go” ice cream cups, “Ice Cream House” mini dessert cigar novelty ice cream, and several environmental samples taken from two of The Ice Cream House stores.

“Ice Cream House” products and “Soft Serve On The Go” ice cream cups were made by The Ice Cream House of Brooklyn, NY.

“Ice Cream House” products were sold at Ice Cream House store locations in Brooklyn, NY, and at grocery stores in New Jersey, New York, and Ohio.

“Soft Serve On The Go” ice cream cups were sold nationwide and also distributed to long-term care facilities and nursing homes.

“Ice Cream House” ice cream and frozen dessert products and “Soft Serve On The Go” ice cream cups were recalled in August and September. 

Recalled products do not have a lot code on the label.

Don Miguel Foods, a Dallas, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 10,642 pounds of frozen ready-to-eat (RTE) carne asada burrito products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The frozen RTE carne asada burrito items were produced on September 27, 2023. The following products are subject to recall [view labels]:

  • 7-oz. individual wax paper packages containing “DON MIGUEL Hand Made BURRITO CARNE ASADA” with date code D23270 printed on the package.

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 20049” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to retail convenience store locations nationwide.                            

The problem was discovered after the establishment’s laboratory testing indicated the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The establishment notified FSIS that some of the affected product was distributed into commerce.

There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.  

Consumption of food contaminated with L. monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily affects older adults, persons with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women and their newborns. Less commonly, persons outside these risk groups are affected.

Listeriosis can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms. An invasive infection spreads beyond the gastrointestinal tract. In pregnant women, the infection can cause miscarriages, stillbirths, premature delivery or life-threatening infection of the newborn. In addition, serious and sometimes fatal infections in older adults and persons with weakened immune systems. Listeriosis is treated with antibiotics. Persons in the higher-risk categories who experience flu-like symptoms within two months after eating contaminated food should seek medical care and tell the health care provider about eating the contaminated food.

FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them.

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – September 19, 2023 – Life Raft Treats is expanding their recall of their Not Fried Chicken 64 oz bucket, Not Fried Chicken 2.5 oz bar UPC 8 60006 18210 6 and Life Is Peachy 6 count box ice cream products, to include the BEST BY DATES up to and including AUG 08282024 due to a potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenesListeria 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 short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, a Listeria monocytogenes infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

On September 18, 2023, the firm was notified by South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) that they needed to include an additional lot of their Not Fried Chicken ice cream treat which also test positive for Listeria monocytogenes. The firm also decided to recall their Life Is Peachy Ice Cream treats because both products were manufactured in the same room.

No illnesses have been reported to date.

Products affected are:

ProductProductUPCUse By Dates
LIFE RAFT TREATS
LIFE IS PEACHY
6 COUNTNO UPC CODEUp to and
including
BEST BY
AUG 08282024
LIFE RAFT TREATS
NOT FRIED CHICKEN
ICE CREAM
64 OZ BUCKETNO UPC CODEUp to and
including
BEST BY
AUG 08282024
LIFE RAFT TREATS
NOT FRIED CHICKEN
ICE CREAM
2.5 OZ BAR8 60006 18210 6Up to and
including
BEST BY
AUG 08282024

The recalling firm began shipping recalled products on 8/28/2023. These products were packaged in laminated buckets and plastic wrap and shipped via www.Goldbelly.comExternal Link Disclaimeronline directly to consumers located in AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA & WI.

According to the Washington State Department of Health, six Washington residents (five from Pierce County and one from Thurston County) developed severe illness due to infection with Listeria bacteria (listeriosis). Three of the individuals died. Genetic fingerprinting (whole genome sequencing) of the bacteria indicated that the same food was likely responsible for making all six people sick.

Two of the people infected with listeriosis reported consuming milkshakes from Frugals restaurant at 10727 Pacific Ave. S., Tacoma, WA, 98444 prior to becoming sick. Because milkshakes and ice cream have caused listeria outbreaks in the past, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department collected milkshake samples from the restaurant on August 8, 2023. On August 18, 2023, all flavors of the milkshakes were found to be contaminated with the same strain of Listeria that caused the outbreak.

The restaurant discontinued use of its two milkshake machines on August 8. The milkshake machines will be kept out of service until the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department determines they are free of Listeria contamination and no longer pose a danger to the public.