A baby in California has died and at least 10 others have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning linked to meat and ready-to-eat poultry products, which include chicken legs, duck necks, beef thigh and pork belly, federal health officials said. reported on Friday.
Yu Shang Food, Inc., of Spartanburg, South Carolina, has recalled more than 72,000 pounds of meat and poultry products related to the outbreak, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Some products were initially recalled on November 9.
The foods were shipped to retail locations nationwide and available online, and illnesses have been reported in four states.
The problem was discovered in October after routine tests detected listeria in food and in the production environment.
Of the 11 people sickened, nine have been hospitalized, the US Centers for Disease Control said. Interviews with people who were ill and laboratory findings pointed to Yu Shang food products.
Although the foods have been recalled, some may still be in consumers’ refrigerators or freezers.
Products must be discarded or returned to the place of purchase. Refrigerators, containers and other surfaces that may have touched food should be cleaned and disinfected.
People get listeria poisoning when they eat food contaminated with the bacteria. Symptoms can be mild and include fever, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
More serious ailments can include headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and seizures.
Listeria poisoning is complicated because symptoms can begin quickly, within hours or days of eating contaminated food. But they can also take weeks or up to three months to appear.
Those most at risk of getting sick include the young, people older than 65, and those with weakened immune systems or who are pregnant.
A separate listeria outbreak linked to food gums recalled from Boar’s Head has ended, CDC officials said this week. That outbreak killed 10 people this summer and sickened dozens more.
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