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St. Louis Meat Company Recalls Sausage

By Pritzker | Ruohonen

Routine testing found Listeria monocytogenes at a St. Louis sausage shop, prompting a recall on Christmas Day of 750 pounds of product sold over the shop's retail counter in unmarked butcher paper. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service detected the bacteria and announced the recall of 750 pounds of various sizes of Krakow sausage from T. Piekutowski European Style Saugage.

The potentially tainted sausage was made Dec. 18 and would have been purchased by consumers on the 18th and 19th, the press release said. No illnesses have been reported in connection with the recall.

The custom-wrappped packages contain no USDA inspection label.

Consumption of food contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially deadly disease. Symptomsare flu-like and include high fever, neck stiffness, nausea and severe headache. Listeria can cause stillbirth and miscarriage in pregnant women.

Full post as published by Food Poisoning Law Blog on December 26, 2008 (boomark / email).