Shrimp recalled over Listeria considerations

Bornstein Seafoods of Bellingham, Washington is recalling 44,550 Lbs. of Cooked & Peeled Prepared-To-Eat Coldwater Shrimp Meat (see desk under for a number of lot codes) as a result of it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which may trigger critical and generally deadly infections in younger kids, frail or aged individuals, and others with weakened immune methods. Though wholesome people might endure solely short-term signs corresponding to excessive fever, extreme headache, stiffness, nausea, stomach ache and diarrhea, listeria an infection could cause miscarriages and stillbirths amongst pregnant girls.

Product was distributed on to distributors and retailers in California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia of Canada. Merchandise might have been additional distributed and bought at retailers nationwide.

Product may be recognized underneath Bornstein Seafoods branded packaging in 1 lb. or 5 lb. plastic bag. The market identify is Shrimp. The affected product has the lot code printed on the decrease left nook of grasp case label and on the backside on the again aspect of 1 lb. or 5 lb. bag:

No sicknesses have been reported so far.

The recall was the results of the agency’s routine sampling program and Listeria monocytogenes was detected in an in-process shrimp pattern in a meals manufacturing surroundings. The corporate has ceased the distribution of the product as the corporate continues our root trigger investigation as to what brought on the issue.