Food safety recall round-up 19-25 August 2016
Listeria in frozen corn
US: Cambridge Farms is recalling products because they could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Laura Lynn Frozen Cut Corn 16 oz best before 4/11/18, 5/9/18 and 6/6/18; Laura Lynn Frozen Cut Corn 32 oz best before 5/10/18; Key Food Frozen Cut Corn 16 oz best before 4/11/18 and 5/2/18 and Better Valu Frozen Cut Corn in a 14 oz. polybag 4/11/18 are involved.
Products were distributed in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland and Florida through retail supermarkets.
Routine sampling by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture revealed the finished product from a retail store contained the bacteria. The company included all cut corn products which may have been produced using the same lot of cut corn in the recall.
Cambridge Farms has ceased production and distribution of the product and is investigating what caused the problem. No illnesses have been reported.