2/3/2012 1:16 PM ET
(RTTNews) - Oklahoma-based Allison's Gourmet Kitchens is recalling a variety of Prepared Salads containing cooked eggs, which the company fears may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
The recall follows notification by the company's egg supplier Michael Foods Inc. that they are withdrawing numerous lots of their hard cooked eggs due to a possibility of Listeria contamination. Those eggs may have entered into the company's manufacturing process, Allison said.
The recalled Prepared Salads that contain hard cooked eggs were distributed to retail stores and food services in states including Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Kansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Florida, Tennessee and Missouri.
The recalled products include brands such as Deli Fresh Gourmet Mustard Potato Salad, Hill Country Fare Mustard Potato Salad w/Egg, Brookshire's Classic Southern Potato Salad (12/1 LB), Deli Fresh Gourmet Potato Salad, Allison's Gourmet Kitchens Deviled Egg Potato Salad, Food Lion Gourmet Southern Potato Salad, Hannaford Brothers Potato Salad, among others. The UPC codes and the Best by Date of the recalled products are published in FDA site.
Consuming food contaminated with the Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a potentially fatal disease in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weak immune systems. It can also cause serious complications for pregnant women, such as stillbirth.
Symptoms of listeriosis include, fever, muscle aches, and sometimes gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea or diarrhea.
The multi-state outbreak of listeria associated with recalled cantaloupes from Jensen Farms Inc. of Holly, Colorado, is the deadliest outbreak of a food-borne disease identified in more than a decade.
by RTT Staff Writer
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