Maramont Beef Patty Recall Due to Listeria Risk
Do you know what your children are eating at school? The Maramont Corporation, a New York firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 88 pounds of a beef patty product that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to a USDA-FSIS recall announcement. The potentially-contaminated beef patties were produced on December 18 and distributed on December 19 to schools in the Jersey City, New Jersey, area.
If you live in the Jersey City area and want to know if your child ate any of the recalled beef patties, you will need to contact your school and ask if the cafeteria served any of the following:
- 2-oz packages of "BROILED BEEF PATTY (MICROWAVE)." The products were individually packaged and delivered from 17.25-pound cases. Each case label bears a lot code of "07352" and product number "2801." Each case label also bears the establishment number "EST. 5370" inside the USDA mark of inspection.
The problem was discovered through routine FSIS testing at the establishment. FSIS has received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of this product.
Because the incubation period for Listeria can be as long as 70 days, anyone who ate the recalled hamburgers will need to watch for symptoms of Listeria for 70 days after consumption. Pregnant women are most at risk for contracting Listeria infections, called listeriosis, which can cause miscarriages, stillbirths and early deliveries. Read about Listeria and pregnancy.
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