Following a listeria outbreak scare regarding traditional Southern ice cream makers Blue Bell Creameries, now concerns grow even further as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finds that there are even more products at risk of containing the potentially deadly bacteria.
A few days back, Food World News reported a listeria outbreak in Kansas, as there had been at least five people who had consumed Blue Bell milkshakes and had contracted the bacteria, with a total of five deaths up to that point; further investigation showed that the issue came from a single machine in the company's main factory, from where they sent many of their products.
Now, according Yahoo! News, three other companies have recalled their products after more fears of a listeria outbreak, including organic food company Amy's Kitchen, Wegmans Food Markets from Rochester and Carmel Food Group.
Concerned over a possible listeria outbreak, these companies have now issued voluntary recalls for frozen and prepackaged products containing spinach, as apparently there are issues with organic spinach that could be contaminated with the bacteria that causes listeriosis, which can make patients go through short-term symptoms like high fevers, nausea, abdominal pain, stiffness and diarrhea, as well as posing a major risk to pregnant women by possibly causing miscarriages or even stillbirths.
In news related to the listeria outbreak, Blue Bell has issued a recall for another one of their products, according to CNN; they've added their food service/institutional ice cream cups of the flavors of vanilla, strawberry and chocolate, after further testing of the products in Kansas showed that one cup recovered from a local hospital contained traces of the potentially deadly bacteria.
The New York Times reports that the newly recalled product comes from a different production facility than the previous ones, as the cups come from a Blue Bell Creameries plant in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and concerns over a listeria outbreak expand further.
