New Jersey based Cape May Foods has issued a recall of its LaMonica brand of chopped clams because they may be infected with potentially deadly botulism.
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Consumer complaints about cans that look swollen led to the discovery of the contamination, as bulging is often a warning sign of the botulism. The US Food and Drug Administration has warned consumers however that normal-looking cans can also contain botulism.
The affected products are sold in 6.5-ounce cans and the batch was produced last March and bears the code C271C. They have been distributed in the Northeast of the USA.
