Listeria Outbreak Prompts Massive Frozen Food Recall

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CRF Frozen Foods is expanding its voluntary recall to include all frozen fruit and vegetable products produced in its Pasco, WA, facility since May 2014 due to possible Listeria contamination. 

As of April 25, all operations at the facility have been suspended, so a thorough review could be conducted.

Frozen Food Recall

The voluntary recall is being performed as a precaution in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and includes approximately 358 different products sold under 42 separate brands, according to a CRF Frozen Foods press release. Frozen kale, carrots, potatoes, blueberries, strawberries, broccoli, peas and onions are among the long list of possibly affected products.

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that “can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems,” reads the CRF announcement, as posted on the FDA website.

“Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.”

According to the CDC, the government has already identified seven people from three states who have fallen ill and were later hospitalized due to Listeria. Reportedly, some of these illnesses were linked to the consumption of CRF-manufactured or processed products.

The CDC also reportedly informed CRF Frozen Foods that of these seven affected individuals, two later died. However, Listeria was not the cause of death in either of the two people.

All potentially affected products have the "best by" dates or "sell by" dates between April 26, 2016 and April 26, 2018. All retailers who received the products have been contacted, and are complying accordingly with the recall.

As a precaution, consumers of the potentially contaminated products have been advised to return the purchased items to the store for a refund, or discard them. CRF has additionally invited consumers to call its hotline at 844-483-3866 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST weekdays for any questions or concerns.

Visit the FDA website here for the complete list of brand names, food items, and retailers subject to the recall.

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CRF Frozen Foods is expanding its voluntary recall to include all frozen fruit and vegetable products produced in its Pasco, WA, facility since May 2014 due to possible Listeria contamination. 

As of April 25, all operations at the facility have been suspended, so a thorough review could be conducted.

Frozen Food Recall

The voluntary recall is being performed as a precaution in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and includes approximately 358 different products sold under 42 separate brands, according to a CRF Frozen Foods press release. Frozen kale, carrots, potatoes, blueberries, strawberries, broccoli, peas and onions are among the long list of possibly affected products.

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that “can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems,” reads the CRF announcement, as posted on the FDA website.

“Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.”

According to the CDC, the government has already identified seven people from three states who have fallen ill and were later hospitalized due to Listeria. Reportedly, some of these illnesses were linked to the consumption of CRF-manufactured or processed products.

The CDC also reportedly informed CRF Frozen Foods that of these seven affected individuals, two later died. However, Listeria was not the cause of death in either of the two people.

All potentially affected products have the "best by" dates or "sell by" dates between April 26, 2016 and April 26, 2018. All retailers who received the products have been contacted, and are complying accordingly with the recall.

As a precaution, consumers of the potentially contaminated products have been advised to return the purchased items to the store for a refund, or discard them. CRF has additionally invited consumers to call its hotline at 844-483-3866 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST weekdays for any questions or concerns.

Visit the FDA website here for the complete list of brand names, food items, and retailers subject to the recall.

Click here to LIKE Food Please on Facebook.

Listeria Outbreak Prompts Massive Frozen Food Recall

CRF Frozen Foods is expanding its voluntary recall to include all frozen fruit and vegetable products produced in its Pasco, WA, facility since May 2014 due to possible Listeria contamination. 

As of April 25, all operations at the facility have been suspended, so a thorough review could be conducted.

Frozen Food Recall

The voluntary recall is being performed as a precaution in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and includes approximately 358 different products sold under 42 separate brands, according to a CRF Frozen Foods press release. Frozen kale, carrots, potatoes, blueberries, strawberries, broccoli, peas and onions are among the long list of possibly affected products.

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that “can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems,” reads the CRF announcement, as posted on the FDA website.

“Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.”

According to the CDC, the government has already identified seven people from three states who have fallen ill and were later hospitalized due to Listeria. Reportedly, some of these illnesses were linked to the consumption of CRF-manufactured or processed products.

The CDC also reportedly informed CRF Frozen Foods that of these seven affected individuals, two later died. However, Listeria was not the cause of death in either of the two people.

All potentially affected products have the "best by" dates or "sell by" dates between April 26, 2016 and April 26, 2018. All retailers who received the products have been contacted, and are complying accordingly with the recall.

As a precaution, consumers of the potentially contaminated products have been advised to return the purchased items to the store for a refund, or discard them. CRF has additionally invited consumers to call its hotline at 844-483-3866 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST weekdays for any questions or concerns.

Visit the FDA website here for the complete list of brand names, food items, and retailers subject to the recall.

Click here to LIKE Food Please on Facebook.