Listeria Recall: Potato Salad
Potato salad sold in Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. If you are pregnant, elderly or have a compromised immune system, you have a higher risk of developing serious, life-threatening complications, including Listeria meningitis. The potato salad (recalled by the manufacturer) was sold under the Coborn’s, Cash Wise, and Midwest Pride brands. It was also sold in store deli packages.
If anyone has eaten the recalled potato salad (see description below), follow these instructions:
- DO NOT RETURN THE POTATO SALAD
- Seal the potato salad in a plastic bag
- Write "Do not eat" on the bag
- Keep the bag of leftover potato salad in the refrigerator
- Watch for symptoms of a Listeria infection (listeriosis)—fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea
- If you or a family member develops symptoms of listeriosis, see a doctor and have the doctor test a stool sample for Listeria
- Let the doctor know that you need to save a stool sample for further testing if the initial test is positive for Listeria
- If you test positive for Listeria, contact the Listeria lawyers at Pritzker law regarding further testing of the stool sample and any leftovers—call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900 (write this phone number on a piece of paper and tape it to your refrigerator)
- If no one has developed symptoms of a Listeria infection after 73 days, you can throw the potato salad away
The recalled potato salad was sold in two forms (see list of stores where the recalled potato salad was sold):
- Prepackaged 1 lb product containers carrying the lot number 7057018A sold under three labels, “Midwest Pride,” “Coborn’s,” and “Cash Wise.” The “Midwest Pride” product has an expiration date of April 2, 2007 and the “Coborn’s” and “Cash Wise” product has an expiration date of March 9, 2007.
- Deli-packed product sold under the lot codes of 7057018A and 7057026B from February 27, 2007 to March 16, 2007, in 89 stores in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan and Nebraska. If you ate deli potato salad in any of these states, you can contact the store where you bought it to see if it was the recalled potato salad. Even if the store says the potato salad was not the recalled potato salad, you should preserve any leftovers as instructed above and watch for symptoms of a Listeria infection (listeriosis).
Attorney Fred Pritzker is nationally recognized as a leading Listeria lawyer. He has recently settled a case for $6,425,000. Fred Pritzker can be reached toll-free at 1-888-377-8900 or by e-mail at fhp@pritzkerlaw.com.
