If they find the recalled products, consumers should not eat them, but return them to the point of purchase. Purchasers or consumers of ham may also wish to ask restaurants or places where they consume ham if the product or meal contains the recalled ham. The problem was discovered through routine FSIS 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.
FSIS has received no reports of illness associated with consumption of this product. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a physician. Associated Press reports that a woman sickened by E. coli bacteria after eating hamburger is suing a Green Bay meatpacker, accusing the company of negligence. Rose Deede's lawsuit against American Foods Group Inc. is the first to be filed in Wisconsin following an E. coli outbreak that sickened at least 43 people in Wisconsin and Minnesota, her attorney, Michael Hanrahan, told AP Wednesday. A St. Paul, Minn., woman and an Illinois couple who claimed they were sickened in the outbreak have also filed suit, AP says.