The recalled Fisher-Rex products were [image-nocss] distributed to convenience stores, gas stations and other retail stores in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. No illnesses related to the products have been reported so far.
The products subject to recall can be identified by a seven-digit product code that begins with "01," said NCDACS. Products with a five-digit product code are not subject to the recall, it added.
"Consumers who have these products should throw them away," Troxler said. "Our inspectors will be checking to be sure these products are pulled from store shelves."
The NCDACS Food & Drug Protection Division found the bacteria during a routine inspection.
Rel's prepares, processes and distributes a variety of ready-to-eat sandwiches to c-stores, deli markets, liquor stores and gas stations in Nevada and California. The government's complaint, filed late last week in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, alleges that Rel's has an extensive history of operating under insanitary conditions. No illnesses have been reported so far from Rel's products.
Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. It can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths in pregnant women. Healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
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