On January 7th and January 9th respectively, Giant Food Stores and Martin’s Food Stores, and Delfish issued precautionary recalls of some of their seafood products because of the threat of a Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
Giant and Martin’s recalled three varieties of smoked salmon that is sold at each store including: “Nathan’s Nova Salmon, 3 o.z., UPC 7303080368, all sell by dates * Nathan’s Nova Salmon, 8 o.z., UPC 7303080369, all sell by dates * Lascco Smoked Salmon, 3 o.z., UPC 7284001703, all sell by dates”, according to the FDA.
Delfish expanded a recall that was already in place to include a wider range of production dates, which first ranged from September 6th – October 18th, but now range from August 23nd – December 1st 2012. The recalled seafood was distributed to CA, NC, VA, OH, MA, IL, FL, GA, TX, DE, NJ, NY, PA, WA and Puerto Rico. The FDA has provided more details on the Delfish recall which can be found at: Delfish Expanded Recall.
Initial symptoms may include fever, muscle aches, fatigue, and sometimes gastrointestinal symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. If the infection spreads to the nervous system, symptoms may include headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or convulsions. Infected pregnant women may experience only mild flu-like symptoms; however, infections during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage, premature delivery, stillbirth, or septicemia (blood infection) or meningitis in the newborn.
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