What is Listeria? This is what you need to know
Learn about Listeria, its symptoms, and essential precautions to protect against foodborne diseases.
More than 100,000 ice cream bars produced by Rich’s ice cream have been reminded of concerns about potential listeria contamination.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on July 17 that Florida-based Rich Ice Cream is recalling select products for the contamination of potential listeria monocytogenesis.
According to FDA notices, the recall affecting lot 25156 from lot 24351 will commence June 27th and will be classified as Class II, with a total of 110,292 cases likely to be affected. Class II recalls are “a situation in which a violation product can cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health effects, or the probability of serious health effects may be far away,” the FDA website states.
USA Today was unable to arrive at Rich’s ice cream on July 21st due to comments.
Which rich ice cream products are included in the recall? See the list
According to FDA Advisory, affected products sold in multiple states include:
- Chocolate Crunch Cake Bar
- Strawberry Shortcake Bar, Rich Bar
- Crushed cookie bar
- Orange cream bar
- Fudge Frenzy Ver
- Cotton candy spinning bar
- AV Sour Blue Raspberry Bar
- AV sour cherry bar
- Cold watermelon bar
The frozen treats were individually packaged in plastic bags and sold in master cases.
Which states are affected by the recall? See the list
According to an FDA notice, the affected products were distributed across 23 states.
- Arizona
- Alabama
- Ohio
- California
- Pennsylvania
- Georgia
- new york
- New Jersey
- Florida
- Texas
- Virginia
- Illinois
- Missouri
- Massachusetts
- Tennessee
- Iowa
- South Carolina
- Oregon
- Oklahora
- Nevada
- Louisiana
- Wisconsin
- Nebraska
They were also sold in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas.
What should I do if I purchase an affected product?
The FDA and Rich Ice Cream Co. have not yet specified any remedies available to customers. Rich Ice Cream Co. did not immediately respond to a request for further information regarding the USA Today statement and recall.
Customers, on the other hand, can contact the company by visiting the Rich Ice Cream Co. website for more information.
Listeria poisoning symptoms
Listeriosis, or listeria poisoning, is a food-borne bacterial infection most commonly caused by Listeria monocytogen, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is considered a serious condition and can be dangerous or life-threatening, especially for the elderly, those with a weak immune system, and pregnant women.
According to the CDC, Listeria is the third leading cause of death from foodborne diseases in the United States. The agency estimates that the disease affects 1,600 Americans each year, with around 260 people dying from those infections.
Symptoms include per CDC.
- heat
- Muscle pain
- headache
- Stiff shoulders
- confusion
- Loss of balance
- convulsions
- diarrhea
- Other gastrointestinal symptoms
- Miscarriage, stillbirth, premature birth, and/or life-threatening infections of newborn babies
- death
People in the high-risk category who experience flu-like symptoms within two months of eating contaminated food should seek medical care.
Contributor: Natalie Neisa Aland, USA Today
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