Summary
- Company Announcement Date:
- January 06, 2020
- FDA Publish Date:
- January 06, 2020
- Product Type:
- Food & Beverages
- Reason for Announcement:
- Potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
- Company Name:
- Lipari Foods, LLC
- Brand Name:
- Premo, Fresh Grab
- Product Description:
- Wedge Sandwiches
Company Announcement
Lipari Foods has issued a voluntary recall of various Premo and Fresh Grab wedge sandwiches due to potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism, which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
The product was distributed exclusively by Lipari Foods in Warren, Michigan to food service and retail stores throughout Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
The full recall information is available here.
