Posted December 10, 2013
Santa Maria Foods, of Brampton, Ontario, is recalling 2,600
pounds of whole boneless ham prosciutto products for potential contamination
with Listeria monocytogenes, according to an article by Food Safety News
available here.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
reports that the prosciutto was shipped to California and Michigan for further
distribution. The 50-lb. boxes are
labeled “PROSCIUTTO x4 GOLD with the case codes BR 031341 or BR 031354,
produced on Nov. 14 and Nov. 15, 2013.
Canadian establishment number “437A” appears on the product labels.
The contamination was discovered by FSIS sampling
collected during a routine re-inspection, according to an article by The Global
Dispatch, available here. The product sampled by FSIS was held by the
company, but Santa Maria Foods revealed that additional product had been
released in to commerce.
Consumption of “food contaminated with L. monocytogenes
can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily affects older adults,
persons with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women and their
newborns.” It is less common for people
outside of these risk groups to be affected.
For more information on food safety, please visit the
National Agricultural Law Center’s website here.
