Multiple Listeria Alerts: Raw Milk, Cheese, Seafood and Ready-to-Eat Foods
Key Questions
What listeria outbreaks are currently active?
Active outbreaks include Clover Hill/La Ceiba soft cheese (12 illnesses, 1 death), enoki mushrooms, Raaw dog food, and a Tampa restaurant outbreak with 5 cases. FDA also found Listeria at a ready-to-eat deli meat facility.
Which products have been recalled due to listeria concerns?
Reser's pasta salad sold at Sprouts was recalled for possible Listeria contamination. USDA has also issued warnings about chicken Caesar wraps.
Are there any deaths associated with these listeria outbreaks?
One death has been reported in the Clover Hill/La Ceiba soft cheese outbreak. Environmental matches have been found in some restaurant and facility investigations.
Listeria concerns include Big Brook Farm raw milk, the Clover Hill soft-cheese outbreak involving 15 patients, one death, and eight hospitalizations, Bettergoods frozen pasta, Starfish smoked seafood, and a Class I recall of ready-to-eat foods in New York City boroughs. Use official product lists and discard affected items; recent Starfish coverage repeats previously reported details.