Frozen Sausage Roll Recall Due to Possible Listeria Contamination
UDSA-FSIS has announced a recall of about 98,000 pounds of frozen sausage roll products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The frozen sausage roll products were produced by Double B Foods on various dates between Oct. 25 and Nov. 6, and were distributed to retail establishments in Texas, and institutions, catalogue sales and distribution centers in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas. The recalled sausage rolls were sold under a number of brands and may have been repackaged. The brands named in the FSIS announcement of the frozen sausage roll recall are Double B Foods, H-E-B, Smokey’s, Southern Heritage, and Wheeler. Read more about the Double B Foods sausage roll recall.
The frozen sausage roll recall announcement states that consumers should contact the company with questions. If you ate any of the recalled sausage rolls, do not return or discard any of the recalled products you have left in your freezer until you are sure no one has become ill. You will need to label the packages “Do not eat” and make sure the recalled products are not consumed. 70 days after the date of consumption (the incubation period for Listeria can be as long as 70 days), return or discard the products only if no one has been sickened. If someone who ate the recalled frozen sausage rolls is diagnosed with a Listeria infection (listeriosis), contact us at immediately and let one of our Listeria lawyers know you have recalled product in your freezer. Genetic testing on the product could lead to valuable microbiological evidence. DO NOT EAT ANY OF THE RECALLED FROZEN SAUSAGE ROLLS.