The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week announced a voluntary recall of red potatoes and various varieties of citrus fruits sold by a company in North Carolina over concerns about listeria.
An announcement on the FDA’s website states that the items sold by Freshouse II of Salisbury, NC, including lemons, limes, oranges and red potatoes, could be contaminated with the listeria bacteria found during an inspection. of the facility of the company.
Freshouse II, LLC of Salisbury, NC recalls the following specific batches, brands and weights of Valencia Oranges, Lemons, Limes, Organic Limes, and Red B Potatoes, as they have the potential to become infected with Listeria monocytogenes, a organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, vulnerable as well as older people, and others with weakened immune systems, “reads the announcement from the company shared by the FDA.
“Although healthy individuals may only suffer from short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women,” it continues.
“The recall was initiated voluntarily after the routine internal testing of the company Listeria monocytogenes identified on a piece of equipment in one of our packaging facilities. We stopped production and distribution of the product that was packaged on the equipment in question and take corrective action and continuously evaluate our cleaning and sanitation regimen, ”the company said.
The company went on to note that no diseases are yet associated with the products as it recalls. Jamey Friedman, the president of the company, told CNN in a statement that the action was taken out of an abundance of caution.
“We have voluntarily issued this reminder out of an abundance of caution with the rigid intention of minimizing even the slightest risk to public health,” Friedman said.
This is the second FDA redesign to date in August. The agency said earlier this month that several varieties of onions sold by a company in California would be recalled over concerns about salmonella linked to an outbreak.
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