The Colchester Health Department would like to inform readers of the following product recalls for this past week. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Recall information is also listed on the Colchester Health Department's page of the town web site at www.colchesterct.gov.
The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) announced that sprout products produced by Amalgamated Produce Inc. (API) of Bridgeport Connecticut are being recalled because a supermarket sample collected in New York tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. The sprout products in question have been carried by Stop and Shop, Shoprite, and Price Chopper stores in Connecticut.
While there have not been any confirmed cases of illness in Connecticut associated with consuming the sprouts, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports 20 cases of listeriosis in 7 states that had a genetic pattern (PFGE) that matches the positive sprout sample originating from API.
Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms from Listeria, such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
The recalled sprout products have a sell by date code from 3/31/09 though 4/27/09. The DCP may be contacted at (860) 713-6160 for additional distribution information and assistance.
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Wendy Mis
Director of Health
Colchester Health Department
127 Norwich Avenue
Colchester, CT 06415
860-537-7214 (phone)
860-537-7287 (fax)
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