Any consumers with this product on hand are urged to return it to the store for a refund. The Georgia Department of Agriculture discovered the contaminated product during a routine sampling program. The USDA is investigating at the plant for the origin of the bacteria. 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.
Listeriosis can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as serious and sometimes fatal infections in those with weak immune systems such as infants, the frail or elderly, and persons with chronic disease, with HIV infection, or taking chemotherapy. They immediately assigned several employees to the task of notifying their customers and having the product removed from the shelves. Safety Alerts compiles comprehensive safety recall information for the United States. SafeMail is a free email service to warn consumers of faulty products and contaminated foods. LLC Copyright 1998 - 2001.