Some fresh meals may contain Listeria’s touch spinach, USDA warns

Federal health officials late Monday on Monday, people warned of certain hillo fresh Fresh subscription meal kits containing spinach which can be contaminated by Listeria.

The Department of American Agriculture has published a public health alert for meals, which were produced by Freshrealm, the company based in San Clemente, California, linked to an expansion epidemic linked to heat and eating meals.

Products include containers of 10.1 ounces of fresh ready feeds meal prepared pasta with effiloche pork pepper and containers of 10 ounces of fresses Fresh Ready Made Poippers with chopped turkey. Both were sent directly to consumers.

Pork pepper pasta are identified with the establishment number is. 47718 and Lot code 49107 or is. 2937 and Lot code 48840. The not cut peppers with ground turkey are identified with East. P-47718 and lot codes 50069, 50073 or 50698.

The problem was discovered when Freshrealm informed the USDA security and food inspection service that spinach used in positive tested products for Listeria bacteria.

The USDA says that there was no confirmed report of adverse reactions after people have eaten any of these articles.

Last month, Freshrealm said the tests confirmed that the pasta used in Linguine dishes sold in Walmart contained The same strain of Listeria linked to an epidemic in June. This epidemic, originally from the Fettucine Chicken Alfredo, killed at least four people and is wrong with the disease, with the most recent disease reported on September 11.

Freshrealm officials said genetic tests have found Listeria’s epidemic tension in samples of pasta manufactured and provided by Nate’s Fine Foods in Roseville, California.

Several additional companies, including KrogerGiant eagle and Albertson have recalled pasta salads and other dishes based on Nate’s fine food products for potential Listeria contamination.

Listeria infections can cause serious illnesses, especially in the elderly, people with weakened immune systems and pregnant women or their newborns. Symptoms include fever, muscle pain, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions.

About 1,600 people fall sick each year from Listeria infections and around 260 die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Federal officials said in December that they reorganized protocols to prevent Listeria infections after several high -level epidemics, including a linked to Boar’s Head charcuterie meats This led to 10 deaths and more than 60 diseases last year.

Anyone with questions about the fresh alert situation can contact the Freshrealm customer service hotline at 1-888-244-1562 or customerservice@freshrealm.com, says USDA.