Listeria

Minnesota, February 22: Amid concerns of possible Listeria contamination, Minnesota-based Northern Star Co., a leading food processor and distributor, Friday initiated a voluntary pro

While no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of the potentially tainted potatoes have aired so far, the contamination unearthed during routine microbiological testing, the health watchdog revealed.

Washington, United States, December 27: Amid concerns of possible Listeria contamination, T. Piekutowski European Style Sausage, a St. Louis, Missouri firm, has announced a voluntary recall of approximately 750 pounds of sausage products, the U.S.

The sausage products manufactured on Dec. 18, 2008 were sold at the establishment’s retail counter in St. Louis, Missouri on Dec. 18 and 19, 2008.

The recalled sausage products include all sizes of Krakow sausages sold, wrapped in unmarked butcher paper carrying no label (as the products were custom wrapped at the time of sale, packages do not bear any establishment number or a USDA mark of inspection), the USDA emphasized.