Listeria outbreak continues as more food recalls announced

Posted on 30 Apr 2015 by Tim Brown

The US food industry is reeling from a recent spate of Listeria bacteria contaminations that have claimed the lives of at least 3 people in the last two months and left at least 10 people across four states in hospital.

On March 13, and for the first time in its 108 year history, Blue Bell Creameries announced a product recall after one of its machines produced a limited amount of frozen snacks with a “potential Listeria problem”. However, listeria may have been present in the company’s products for far longer as examinations conducted at the company’s…

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