{"id":75299,"date":"2016-05-05T10:25:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T14:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=75299"},"modified":"2016-05-05T10:25:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T14:25:56","slug":"massive-recall-of-frozen-fruits-and-veggies-expands-after-listeria-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/massive-recall-of-frozen-fruits-and-veggies-expands-after-listeria-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive recall of frozen fruits and veggies expands after Listeria outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"
A food packaging company in Washington state has expanded a voluntary recall — which at one time included just 11 products — to encompass nearly 360 different organic and non-organic frozen fruits and vegetables that may be contaminated with the deadly Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the outbreak, which has hospitalized eight people across three states. Two of those patients, one from Maryland and the other from Washington state, died, though listeriosis was not considered to be the cause, according to the CDC. The other cases were reported in California.<\/p>\n
The products in question are frozen fruits and vegetables from 42 different brands that were packaged at CRF Frozen Foods of Pasco, Washington, and sold at popular grocery stores like Trader Joe’s and Costco in all 50 U.S. states and some parts of Canada.<\/p>\n
“The long shelf life of the recalled frozen produce is of particular concern because consumers could have purchased the products long ago and not realize they have them in their homes,” Bill Marler, a personal injury and products liability attorney from Washington, wrote in his blog on food poisoning outbreaks.<\/p>\n