Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Listeria



It discovered that persons bought fruits such as peaches and nectarines, as well as plums and pluots, which packed between June 1 and July 12. The fruits immediately discard because they could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. 

Wawona Packing Company of Cutler, Calif. is recalling the fruit which packed earlier. The company found the possibility of Listeria contamination during its own testing. The company shut down the affected packing but later on it discovered no sign of contamination.

“No illnesses have been linked to this recall to date,” the company said in a statement.

Listeria monocytogenes can cause fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and can infect the people who have low immune system. May be people suffered from some short illness like fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

The health department warned to pregnant women because the infection can injure can cause of miscarriages and stillbirths among suffered women.

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