Tennessee Food poisoning/Food-borne Illness Update
This weekly blog entry provides current information on food product recalls and warnings regarding these defective products in Tennessee and throughout the nation.
The expanded recall of peanut products potentially contaminated with Salmonella now includes the following products:
• Mama Mellace’s Nut Hut Sweet & Salty Peanuts, Steakhouse Peanuts, Savory Medley, and Cinnamon Peanuts. These products are manufactured by Mellace Family Brands.
• Westco Fruit and Nuts’ peanuts and peanut-derived products.
• Amy's Decadent Chocolates’ peanut brittle, caramel apples with peanuts, and caramel apples covered with peanuts.
The FDA is also advising retailers and food service operators not to offer for sale oysters harvested between February 24 and March 17, 2009, from Mississippi Area 2C, located in the Mississippi Sound portion of the Gulf of Mexico near Pass Christian, Mississippi. The oysters are suspected to be contaminated with Norovirus, which causes severe gastroenteritis. The FDA advises that if consumers are uncertain about the origin of oysters, they should contact the place of purchase to determine if the oysters are from the affected area.
The FDA has also found the Listeria virus in Neco Foods’ Atlantis Brand smoked fish dip and has issued a recall. A person with Listeriosis has fever, muscle aches, and sometimes gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea or diarrhea. If infection spreads to the nervous system, symptoms such as headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or convulsions can occur. Infected pregnant women may experience only a mild, flu-like illness; however, infections during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage or stillbirth, premature delivery, or infection of the newborn.
If you or a loved one has ingested any one of the products listed above and fallen ill, first see a medical doctor and then call 866-853-2888 for a free consultation with the experienced Knoxville personal injury attorneys at Baker Associates.
