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DPH Confirms That El Abuelito Queso Fresco Contains Listeria
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...
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Listeria Contamination Fears Prompt Recall of Some Butternut Squash Products
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,…
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Listeria Outbreak Sickens at Least 10 People in 3 States
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…
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7 Mass. Residents Sickened in Listeria Outbreak
One person in Florida has died from the outbreak, the CDC said, while seven residents in Massachusetts and two in New York are sick.
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Blue Bell Pleads in Ice Cream Listeria Case; Ex-CEO Charged
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.
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Mushrooms Recalled Over Listeria Concerns After 36 Sickened, 4 Dead Across US
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.