Kowalski’s Ham Listeria Recall Issued by Minnesota Company
Ham potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes has been recalled by Cannon Falls, Minnesota-based Lorentz Meats, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. Produced in mid-March and distributed to retail locations throughout Minneapolis and St. Paul, the tainted ham recall is a “Class I” recall, according to the FSIS. This means there is a “reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.”
Ham Listeria Recall Product Description
- Whole and half ham packages
- Labels read “KOWALSKI’S Markets, FULLY COOKED, SMOKED HAM, Naturally Smoked with Hardwoods, KEEP REFRIGERATED.”
- “Freeze-by” date 05/14/10
- Establishment number “Est. 21207″ inside the USDA inspection mark
Consuming food contaminated with Listeria can cause an illness called listeriosis, which may involve flu-like symptoms including: fever, muscle aches, gastrointestinal problems including nausea and diarrhea. These symptoms may not manifest themselves until three weeks after the individual has come into contact with the Listeria pathogen. The symptoms can progress into more serious complications as well, such as Listerial meningitis, and particular complications can arise for pregnant women. A Listeria infection can cause stillbirth or miscarriage.
Pritzker Olsen attorneys have obtained millions of dollars for victims of foodborne illnesses, including Listeria victims. Because of their experience and resources, their clients have trusted them to build strong foodborne illness cases against the companies that produced products that sickened or killed people. Injury, sickness, or wrongful death from foodborne illness is a very particular area of practice and should be handled by a foodborne illness lawyer with the experience and resources to effectively argue your case and recover the maximum amount of damages possible.
If you think you may have contracted listeriosis from food contaminated with Listeria:
- Visit a doctor. Be sure to ask to be tested specifically for Listeriosis
- Do NOT consume any more of the food that made you sick.
- However, do NOT throw that food away if you still have it. This could be evidence in a Listeriosis lawsuit.
- Your illness should be reported to your state health department to see if it may be part of a larger outbreak. Officials will take the appropriate steps to test potentially contaminated food and remove unsafe products from store shelve so the outbreak doesn’t spread.
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