Public well being alert for half hams over Listeria monocytogenes considerations

USDA’s Meals Security and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a weekend public well being advisory over considerations that ready-to-eat (RTE) ham merchandise produced by Sunnyvalley Smoked Meats, a Manteca, CA institution, could also be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. 

A recall was not requested as a result of it’s believed that the affected merchandise are now not in commerce.

The RTE ham merchandise had been produced on Sept. 25, 2023, for:

• 4-lb. (common weight) vacuum-packed clear plastic packages containing “Kirkland Signature Applewood Smoked MASTER CARVE HALF HAM Boneless With Pure Juices” with Use / Freeze by date Jan 20 24 and a sticker with lot quantity 264 – 4.

The merchandise bear the institution quantity “EST. 17823” contained in the USDA mark of inspection. These things had been shipped to retail areas in California and Nevada.

The issue was found after the institution’s laboratory testing indicated the product could also be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. 

The institution notified FSIS that some affected product was distributed into commerce.

There haven’t but been any confirmed stories of opposed reactions as a result of consumption of those merchandise. Anybody involved about an sickness ought to contact a healthcare supplier.

About Listeria infections

Meals contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes might not look or odor spoiled however can nonetheless trigger extreme and generally life-threatening infections. Anybody who has eaten any recalled product and developed signs of Listeria an infection ought to search medical remedy and inform their docs about doable Listeria publicity.

Additionally, anybody who has eaten any recalled merchandise ought to monitor themselves for signs in the course of the coming weeks as a result of it could take as much as 70 days after publicity to Listeria for signs of listeriosis to develop.

Signs of Listeria an infection can embrace vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, extreme headache, and neck stiffness. Particular laboratory assessments are required to diagnose Listeria infections, which may mimic different sicknesses. 

Pregnant girls, the aged, younger kids, and most cancers sufferers with weakened immune methods are significantly liable to severe sicknesses, life-threatening infections, and different problems. Though contaminated pregnant girls might expertise solely delicate, flu-like signs, their infections can result in untimely supply, an infection of the new child, and even stillbirth.

FSIS is worried that some merchandise could also be in shoppers’ fridges or freezers. Shoppers who’ve bought these merchandise are urged to not eat them. These merchandise must be thrown away or returned to the place of buy.

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