US company recalls 40 tonnes of ham products for possible listeria contamination
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced the ready-to-eat deli-loaf ham items were produced from April 3, 2017 to Oct. 2, 2018. The products were shipped to distributors in Maryland, North Carolina, New York, South Carolina and Virginia.
On September 27, 2018, FSIS was notified that a person ill with listeriosis reported consuming a ham product produced at Johnston County Hams. Working in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state public health and agriculture partners, FSIS determined that there is a link between the Listeria monocytogenes illnesses and ham products produced at Johnston County Hams. The epidemiologic investigation identified a total of four listeriosis confirmed illnesses, including one death, between July 8, 2017 and August 11, 2018.
FSIS collected two deli ham product samples from the Johnston County Hams, Inc. facility in 2016 and in early 2018. Whole genome sequencing results showed that Listeria monocytogenes identified in deli ham both years was closely related genetically to Listeria monocytogenes from ill people. FSIS is continuing to work with federal and state public health partners to determine if there are additional illnesses linked to these products and will provide updated information should it become available.
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