Listeria News: BURLINGTON, Vt. - It might be time to dig deep in your freezer to check out what's lurking inside. "I opened the freezer. I saw the exact same thing. Threw it out. I was very lucky that I saw it," Laina Johnson said. Johnson tossed her chicken fried rice from Trader Joe's after learning of a massive food recall. It involves...
Several different companies have announced recalls in the last few days for products containing sunflower seeds that were sold in retail stores in Pennsylvania. The recalls were issued after SunOpta alerted companies it supplies that sunflower kernels it produced could be contaminated with listeria. Listeria monocytogenes, is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly...
Listeria outbreak 2016: An outbreak of the bacteria listeria has caused a frozen food company to recall close to 360 frozen food products. The recent outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes is just the latest in a series of recalls associated with listeria. The bacteria can cause fever and aches as well as stomach problems and diarrhea. Listeria also grows well in refrigerator temperatures, which...
Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes Infection) ... If a person has eaten recalled food potentially contaminated with Listeria, what should he or she do? ... Listeriosis is a disease caused by a gram-positive bacterium named Listeria that can penetrate and replicate inside human cells. Where is listeria found? Listeria is the name of a bacteria found in soil and water and some animals, including poultry...
Listeria Recall & Listeria monocytogenes latest news and information: Frozen vegetables are a staple in many diets, so a huge recall of them has us peering at the packages in our freezers. On Tuesday evening, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced an outbreak of the deadly Listeria monocytogenes bacteria Listeria contamination has prompted a flurry of food recalls in the...