Personal Injury Law

Frankly Fresh, Inc., Recalls Seafood Due to Listeria

Posted on April 01, 2011
Frankly Fresh, Inc. of Carson, CA. is voluntarily recalling its seafood line of products, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems...

Smokehouse Recalls Listeria Smoked Salmon

Posted on March 31, 2011
The Smokehouse LLC of Mamaroneck, New York, is conducting a voluntary recall of PORTIER FINE FOODS Norwegian Smoked Salmon of various size packages including 4 oz., 8 oz., 16 oz. and random weight sizes, Batch Code 066 only, due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes...

Price Chopper Supermarkets Recalls 'Regular Homestyle Potato Salad' Due to Listeria Concerns

Posted on March 29, 2011
Price Chopper Supermarkets is voluntarily recalling its ‘Regular Homestyle Potato Salad' due to the potential of listeria contamination, according to a release issued by the store. The potato salad was sold by the pound in the stores' delis between Saturday, March 19 and Monday, March 28...

Listeria Recall - Sugar Valley Meats Recalls 200 pounds of ready-to-eat wieners, beef wieners and small-link smoked sausage

Posted on March 17, 2011
Sugar Valley Meats has issued a voluntary recall due to possible listeria monocytogenes contamination involving approximately 200 pounds of ready-to-eat wieners, beef wieners and small-link smoked sausage. Package labels bear the establishment number (Est...

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WinCo Foods Recalls Deli Subs Due to Listeria Risk

Posted on March 15, 2011
WinCo Foods has voluntarily removed its deli sandwich, the "All American ½ Deli Sub," from its Longview store after routine surveillance sampling by the Washington Department of Agriculture revealed they might be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria...

About Listeria and Listeria Lawyer and Attorney

Posted on March 14, 2011
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Pierre Foods Recalls pb jamwich, crustless peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwiches because of Listeria risk

Posted on March 12, 2011
Pierre Foods is voluntarily recalling one lot, 320 cases, of Pierre™ pb jamwich, crustless peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwiches, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems...

Taylor Farms Recalls 64,000 Pounds of Chicken and Pork Due to Listeria Risk

Posted on March 09, 2011
Taylor Farms Pacific, a Tracy, Calif., establishment, has recalled approximately 64,000 pounds of chicken and pork products because the broccoli used in these products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today...

Taylor Farms Recalls Broccoli Due to Listeria

Posted on February 27, 2011
A Tracy-based company has voluntarily recalled products sold at supermarkets across the West because they could contain contaminated broccoli. Taylor Farms Pacific announced the recall this week after a random test by agricultural officials came up positive for the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes...

Canada - Listeria Recall of Rose Haus Cheese

Posted on February 20, 2011
The public is being warned not to eat certain batches of Rose Haus Cave Aged Washed Rind Cheese because it may be contaminated with Listeria bacteria. The cheese affected is sold in 200 gram packages with Lot Code 400411. All best before dates are affected...

St. James Smokehouse Recalls Listeria Salmon

Posted on February 12, 2011
St James Smokehouse has announced a recall of Scotch Reserve Whiskey & Honey Smoked Salmon 4oz retail packs due to possible Listeria monocytogenes. These packs were sold at The Fresh Market stores in 20 states, including Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana...

Listeria causes brain infection, blood poisoning, abortion and sometimes even death

Posted on February 06, 2011
A fascinating article in the Cornell Daily Sun about Listeria and Prof. Martin Wiedmann of food science. Dr. Wiedmann has shown that Listeria originate in soil and are transmitted to animals through plant materials. Inside the bodies of mammals, Listeria thrive because there is almost no competition for food...

State Garden Recalls Salad Products Due to Listeria Risk

Posted on January 26, 2011
State Garden, Chelsea, MA - is conducting a voluntary recall of all Salad products produced in our plant on January 4, 2011 which correspond to trace back codes 45693 and 45703 due to a risk of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems...

Ian's Recalls Mac and No Cheese and Pizza due to Listeria Risk

Posted on January 25, 2011
Ian's is voluntarily recalling specific lot numbers of two products due to a risk of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems...

Listeria Linked to Salad in Rhode Island

Posted on January 22, 2011
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) advises consumers that a sample of Northeast Spring Mix salad mix sold at McQuade's Market in Jamestown has tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria is an organism that can cause serious or fatal infections in young children, elderly or anyone with a weak immune system...

Portland Shellfish hit with Consent Degree due to "food that was prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions"

Posted on January 21, 2011
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that the Portland Shellfish Co., Inc.; Jeffrey D. Holden, company president; Satyavan Singh, quality manager; and John A. Maloney, general manager, have signed a consent decree prohibiting them from distributing seafood in interstate commerce until the FDA has approved in writing the company's Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plans, sanitation program and Listeria monocytogenes (L...

UFG Recalls Listeria Hamburger

Posted on January 18, 2011
United Food Group, LLC, a California business, is recalling approximately 7,875 pounds of ready-to-eat Angus Beef patties that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The products subject to recall include 22.5-pound cases of 'FULLY COOKED BLACK ANGUS GROUND BEEF STEAK PATTIES,' with each case containing 75 individual 4...

Sangar Hit with Listeria Lawsuit

Posted on January 06, 2011
A Texas produce company ordered to stop production because of tainted celery was sued by the family of a man who allegedly died from foodborne illness. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Antonio by Marler Clark, alleges negligence by Sangar Fresh Cut Produce LLC led to Hermillo Castellano's June 15 death after he ate celery produced by Sangar...

Buffalo Krab Dip and Southwest Krab Dip linked to Listeria from Bright Water Seafood

Posted on December 21, 2010
Bright Water Seafood, Tucker, Ga., is recalling its seven-ounce packages of Buffalo Krab Dip and Southwest Krab Dip after Listeria monocytogenes contamination was found in the products. Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems...

Cancer Patients at Five-Fold Risk of Listeria Infection

Posted on December 20, 2010
Research by the United Kingdom Health Protection Agency has shown that cancer patients have a five-fold increased risk of developing listeria than people with other underlying conditions - and those those with cancers of the blood have the greatest risk...

"Unique culinary delicacy," pig tails, recalled due to Listeria

Posted on December 09, 2010
Russia's agriculture health watchdog has seized 25 tons of listeria-tainted pig tails in the country's Far East, Rosselkhoznadzor aide Vitaly Salenko said on Thursday. The unique culinary delicacy was shipped to Russia from Germany. "The entire meat lot was addressed to an individual businessman in Khabarovsk and was to be sold in one of the city's supermarket chains," Salenko said...

Nanoparticle's to the rescue against Listeria?

Posted on December 07, 2010
A Purdue University research team developed a nanoparticle that can hold and release an antimicrobial agent as needed for extending the shelf life of foods susceptible to Listeria monocytogenes. Yuan Yao, an assistant professor of food science, altered the surface of a carbohydrate found in sweet corn called phytoglycogen, which led to the creation of several forms of a nanoparticle that could attract and stabilize nisin, a food-based antimicrobial peptide...

Rushing Waters Fisheries, Palmyra, is recalling about 225 pounds of smoked trout and smoked salmon spreads, because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on December 06, 2010
The recalled products are smoked trout spread labeled lot number 00694 with a sell-by date of Dec 13, and smoked salmon spread labeled with lot 50012 with a sell-by date of Dec 11. Lot numbers and dates are on the bottom of the container. Affected smoked fish spreads were sold in eight-ounce containers and 4...

Video - More than you ever wanted to see about Listeria

Posted on December 04, 2010

Bravo also recalls Cheese due to Listeria

Posted on November 26, 2010
From Oregonian and Los Angeles Times reports. An artisan cheese maker in California linked to a multi-state outbreak of E. coli is recalling all of its cheese after Listeria was found at its plant. Bravo Farms, which specializes in raw-milk cheese, sells Gouda, pepper jack, Tulare Cannonball and cheddar cheese at stores mainly on the West Coast but also elsewhere in the country...

Calabro Cheese recall Listeria Cheese and Meat Roll

Posted on November 23, 2010
Calabro Cheese, a East Haven, Conn. establishment is recalling approximately 57 pounds of Rotolini, meat and cheese roll appetizer products, that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today...

Bad Cheese Manufacturer Shuttered

Posted on November 17, 2010
A New Jersey-based cheese producer the FDA says failed to correct unsanitary conditions has been shut down. Federal food safety officials found repeated violations at Quesos Mi Pueblito in Passaic. The company produces Mexican products and made various cheeses popular in Latin American cuisine...

Turkey Breast Recalled Due to Listeria Risk

Posted on November 14, 2010
New Braunfels Smokehouse is recalling approximately 2,609 pounds of fully cooked, ready-to-eat smoked turkey breast products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today...

Santa Recalls Listeria Salmonella

Posted on November 11, 2010
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has requested the recall of a batch of smoked salmon from a Fairbanks producer after it found a shipment contaminated with Listeria. The department has targeted half-pound bags of Santas Smokehouse Cajun-Style Smoked Keta Salmon sold between Aug...

FDA Confirms Listeria at Sangar Plant in Texas

Posted on November 03, 2010
AP reports that Federal health officials found the listeria bacteria at SanGar, a San Antonio food processing plan,t that Texas authorities have linked to four deaths from contaminated celery, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. The federal agency said it found the pathogen in multiple locations in the SanGar Produce & Processing Co...

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