Foods, Inc., an Allentown, Penn., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 90 pounds of chicken salad that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. The chicken salad was produced and packaged on Oct. 4, and distributed to retail stores in New Jersey. The problem was discovered through FSIS routine microbiological sampling. Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially fatal disease. Healthy people rarely contract listeriosis.
Listeriosis can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness, and nausea.
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