Several frozen waffle manufacturers are being recalled after a possible listeria outbreak. Main supermarkets are warning shoppers which will have bought frozen waffles just lately.
The U.S. Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) introduced the voluntary recall by TreeHouse Meals, an Illinois-based producer, after routine testing discovered that one in every of its services could have listeria contamination. The corporate supplies frozen waffle merchandise to grocery retailer giants together with Walmart, Goal, Publix, Meals Lion, Hannaford, and Tops. Treehouse Meals additionally produces frozen waffles for different manufacturers together with Kodiak Desserts, Easy Reality, and Foodhold.
See photographs of all of the merchandise affected by the recall right here.
This newest recall comes after a separate listeria outbreak in September tied to poultry and deli meat. The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention says greater than 11 million kilos of meat had been recalled, and the contamination resulted in 10 deaths throughout 19 states.
Listeria signs are much like flu signs—fever, headache, fatigue, and physique aches. An an infection can flip harmful and doubtlessly deadly for these with compromised immune techniques, older adults, infants, and pregnant folks, per the Mayo Clinic. Relying on the severity of an infection, gentle signs could resolve on their very own, whereas severe infections require antibiotics.
Shoppers ought to test their freezers for any frozen waffle merchandise manufactured by TreeHouse Meals and throw them away, or return them to the shop for a refund. To this point there have been no confirmed reviews of sickness from the frozen waffles.