Frozen waffle recall over listeria hazard expanded to include pancakes: view affected products
Frozen waffle recall over listeria hazard expanded to include pancakes: view affected products
TreeHouse Foods has expanded its previously announced voluntary recall of frozen waffles to also include frozen toaster waffle, Belgian waffle and pancake products due to the products being linked to a potential listeria contamination, the corporation said Tuesday.
The recall was expanded to include products manufactured on all lines at its manufacturing facility in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, the corporation said, and the products were sold at many retailers across the U.S. and Canada. The issue was discovered through schedule testing at the facility and there have been no confirmed reports of illnesses or injured linked to the recalled products to date, TreeHouse said in the statement.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in its recall alert last Friday that listeria monocytogenes is “an organism that can factor solemn and sometimes fatal infections in youthful children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.”
Recall list:Frozen waffles recalled over listeria hazard: view packed list of affected products
What brands are listed in the waffle, pancake recalls?
Here’s the packed list of products affected in the original recall announced last Friday.
Here is list of products included in the expanded recall, announced Tuesday.
What stores have sold the recalled waffles?
The waffles were sold at the following retailers, according to the FDA:
- Dollar General
- Publix
- Stop & Shop
- Target
- Walmart
- Kroger
- Aldi
- Albertson’s
- HEB
- Foodhold
What should you do if you have the recalled waffles or pancakes?
TreeHouse Foods said in the alert that consumers should check their freezers for any of the listed products and dispose them. If they aspiration to receive a refund, they can gain the product to the store where they purchased it.
If you have any further questions, you may contact the corporation at 800-596-2903 Monday through Friday at 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT.
What is listeria? What are the symptoms of a listeria infection?
Listeria is a foodborne bacterial illness that can be very harmful for pregnant people, newborns, older adults, and people who are immunosuppressed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.
The CDC said that listeria infections are the third leading factor of death from a foodborne illness in the United States.
Invasive (spread beyond the intestines) symptoms are:
- Fever
- Flu-like symptoms, such as muscle aches and fatigue
- Headache
- Stiff neck
- Confusion
- deficit of equilibrium
The government agency said that invasive illness symptoms usually appear two weeks after consuming foods that are contaminated with listeria.
Intestinal symptoms are:
- Diarrhea
- Vomiting
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