The company notified FSIS of a positive Listeria monocytogenes test result and initiated a recall. This is the second voluntary product recall by Serenade Foods, Inc., this year. On Jan. 16, the company recalled 4,400 pounds of duckling product for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. 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. Notice of this product warning was sent via email to SafetyAlerts subscribers February 10, 2001. For more information regarding the SafetyAlerts free email alert service please click here . SafetyAlerts compiles comprehensive safety recall information for the United States.