Forest Pork Store Inc, a Ridgewood N.Y. establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 1,800 pounds of ready-to-eat semi-dry sausage products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.
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The products subject to recall are:
“KRAMER BRAND SAUSAGE”
“TOURISTENWURST, GERMAN BRAND-MADE IN U.S.A.”
“HUNGARIAN SAUSAGE MADE IN USA”
“TV STICKS SMOKED SAUSAGE”
“PLOCKWURST SMOKED SAUSAGE”
“FOREST’S CERVELAT”
Each product is packed in various sized natural and/or artificial casings. Each package bears a sticker with the code number “018.” Also on the package is the establishment code “EST. 4573,” which is located inside the USDA seal of inspection.
These products were produced on 18 January and distributed to retail and wholesale establishments in New York.
“We urge consumers to check their refrigerators and freezers,” said Margaret O’K. Glavin, acting FSIS administrator. “If they find any of the products listed above, consumers should not eat them, but return them to the point of purchase.”
The problem was discovered through routine FSIS microbiological sampling.
Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially fatal disease. Healthy people rarely contract listeriosis. Listeriosis can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness, and nausea. Listeriosis can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as serious and sometimes fatal infections in those with weak immune systems – infants, the frail or elderly, and persons with chronic disease, with HIV infection, or taking chemotherapy. FSIS has received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of this product. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a physician.
Consumers with questions about the recall may contact John Schiefele, company treasurer, at (718) 497-2853.
Consumers with food safety questions can phone the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-800-535-4555. The hotline can be reached from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, and recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day.
