MYY TRADE CO. Enoki Mushrooms recalled on account of Listeria

 The Hawai‘i Division of Well being (DOH) Meals and Drug Department (FDB) is alerting residents about MYY Commerce Co. model enoki mushrooms on account of potential contamination of listeria monocytogenes.

The enoki mushrooms have been distributed domestically at Palama Grocery store shops and have been bought in a 7.05-ounce (200g) clear and blue plastic bundle with UPC 8 809201 000039 and lot code 136 ①, printed subsequent to the UPC.

This alert is the results of a routine meals sampling and evaluation program performed by the DOH Laboratory Preparedness and Response Department (LPRB) and the FDB and funded by a U.S. Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) federal grant. The FDB collects sure meals merchandise for LPRB to check for microbiological contaminants to guard public well being. The FDB has adopted up with native supermarkets and produce distributors to make sure that the affected merchandise are now not accessible on the market.

Listeria monocytogenes could cause listeriosis, a critical and typically deadly an infection consequently from consuming listeria-contaminated meals. The illness primarily impacts pregnant people, newborns, the aged, and others with weakened immune programs. Listeriosis could cause miscarriages and stillbirths. Wholesome people might undergo signs akin to fever, extreme headache, muscle aches, stiffness, nausea, belly ache and/or diarrhea. Though folks can develop listeriosis as much as two months after consuming contaminated meals, signs will often begin inside a number of days from consumption, usually with diarrhea. Listeriosis could also be handled with antibiotics.

Please contact your doctor instantly if you’re exhibiting signs after having consumed the product. So far, there have been no experiences of sickness or hostile occasions in Hawaiʻi attributed to the product.

The FDB advises customers to test for the product by particular lot quantity, seal the contaminated meals in a resealable plastic bag if it has been opened and get rid of the product. Please wash your palms totally and sanitize any areas that will have are available contact with the product.

When making ready every other enoki mushrooms, the FDB recommends the next:

• Totally cook dinner enoki mushrooms earlier than serving or consuming them; don’t serve or eat them uncooked.
• Don’t use uncooked enoki mushrooms as a garnish.
• Don’t add uncooked enoki mushrooms to soup dishes simply earlier than serving. The enoki mushrooms won’t get sizzling sufficient to kill listeria.
• Maintain uncooked enoki mushrooms separate from meals that gained’t be cooked.
• Wash palms totally after dealing with uncooked enoki mushrooms.

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