Listeria

A listeria outbreak tied to deli meat and cheese has sickened 16 people in six states, including Massachusetts, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.

A listeria outbreak tied to deli meat and cheese has sickened 16 people in six states, including Massachusetts, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. According to authorities, most of those sickened were hospitalized. One illness resulted in the loss of a pregnancy, and one illness resulted in death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to officials, preliminary...

A new recall is underway for cheese linked to a Listeria outbreak that has so far sickened people in at least six different states, health officials warned Friday.

The estate of an Illinois woman who died earlier this year from a listeria infection filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Sarasota-based Big Olaf Creamery, which health officials have connected to a multistate outbreak.

The CDC said it has not identified a food that might be spreading the deadly bacteria, but the majority of people who have fallen ill live in or traveled to Florida about a month before they got sick

You should seek medical care and tell the doctor about eating possibly contaminated food if you have a fever and other symptoms of possible listeriosis

The CDC said the outbreak of the bacterial infection has affected 10 states, but many of the people with illnesses have traveled to or visited Florida.

One death and nearly two dozen hospitalizations are being tied to a new listeria outbreak of unknown origin. Health officials said Thursday that they have not identified a food that might be spreading the deadly bacteria. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is telling the public to be alert to symptoms and the possibility of infection. CDC officials say...

Listeria monocytogenes can cause Listeriosis, a potentially serious infection.

Royal Ice Cream Company, Inc. of Manchester, Conn. is recalling certain lots of its Batch brand ice cream over Listeria contamination concerns.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a listeria outbreak in Dole salads that has killed two people and sickened 17.

Dole is voluntarily recalling some packaged salads sold in more than two dozen states nationwide due to possible listeria contamination.

The Food and Drug Administration, along with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced a joint investigation into a multistate outbreak of listeria infections that may be linked to Fresh Express packaged salads, which were recalled earlier this week.

Nearly 6,000 pounds of frozen cooked lobster meat is being recalled by a Maine company due to potential Listeria contamination. Greenhead Lobster Products of Bucksport, Maine, said it issued the recall after identifying the potential for contamination during a routine sampling. The potentially contaminated lobster meat was sent to Maine and New Hampshire companies for distribution nationwide. No illnesses have…

The U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA) is recalling El Abuelito Queso Fresco, which is sold in Connecticut, after confirming that it carries Listeria monocytogenes. The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) is warning consumers, restaurants and retailers not to eat, serve or sell the cheese due to lab findings that confirm the product is the source of a...

The Rhode Island Health Department issued a recall notice Monday over the possible contamination of prepared foods made with butternut squash made by the company Lancaster Foods. The foods may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, which can make people sick, and can be deadly in young children, the elderly and people who are frail or have weakened immune systems,…

Public health and regulatory officials are investigating a listeria outbreak linked to deli meats that has sickened at least 10 people across three states and has been blamed for one death, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. Of the 10 sickened, seven are from Massachusetts, two are from New York, and the person who died was from…

One person in Florida has died from the outbreak, the CDC said, while seven residents in Massachusetts and two in New York are sick.

A Texas ice cream company has pleaded guilty to distributing contaminated goods and its former CEO has been charged with conspiracy and attempted wire fraud in connection to a 2015 listeria outbreak that left three people dead, federal prosecutors announced Friday.

A certain kind of mushroom is being recalled after it was connected to a listeria outbreak that sickened 36 people and killed four across 17 states, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday.