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Have You Been infected By Listeria?

Listeria is a bacterium that is found in soil, vegetation, raw milk, meat, poultry, cheeses (particularly soft mould-ripened varieties) and salad vegetables. Listeria can also be found in animals and humans. Listeria monocytogenes is a common version of the disease that can cause illness in humans. An estimated 2,500 cases of listeria occur in the U.S. each year. Approximately 200 in every 1000 cases result in death.

Listeria monocytogenes can grow at low temperatures, even in the fridge. Thorough cooking of food and pasteurisation of milk can destroy Listeria bacteria. Listeria often invades the body through a normal and intact gastrointestinal tract. Once in the body, Listeria can travel through the blood stream but the bacteria are often found inside cells where toxins are produced resulting in damaged cells.

Symptoms
The duration of Listeria symptoms too develop can take days or weeks. Symptoms can vary from mild flu-like illness to meningitis and septicaemia; and in pregnant women, abortion, miscarriage or birth of an infected child. Other people at risk are those whose immune systems are compromised, the very young and the very old. These individuals are advised to avoid certain foods, such as soft mould-ripened cheeses and pates, because the risk of infection is very high.

Pregnant women are about 20 times more likely than other healthy adults to get listeriosis; about one-third of listeriosis cases take place during pregnancy. The incidence of listeriosis in the newborn is 8.6 cases per 100,000 live births. The perinatal and neonatal mortality rate (stillbirths and early infant deaths) from listeriosis is 80%.

Treatment
There are numerous antibiotics that Listeria may be treated with. If the infection occurs during pregnancy, antibiotics given promptly to the pregnant woman can often prevent infection of the fetus. Babies with listeriosis receive the same antibiotics as adults, although a combination of antibiotics is often used until physicians are certain of the diagnosis.

Prevention
General recommendations include: thoroughly cook raw food from animal sources; keep uncooked meats separate from vegetables and from cooked and ready-to-eat foods; avoid unpasteurized (raw) milk or foods made from unpasteurized milk; wash hands, knives, and cutting boards after handling uncooked foods; wash raw vegetables thoroughly before eating; and consume perishable and ready-to-eat foods as soon as possible.

Legal Help for Victims
If you or a loved one has been infected with Listeria you may have valuable legal rights, please fill out the form at the right for a free case evaluation by a qualified diseases attorney. Or call our toll free number: 1-800-LAW-INFO (1-800-529-4636).
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Wisconsin Cheesman Recalls Products for Listeria

Jan 22, 2010 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
More Cheese snack products have been recalled over fears over Listeria monocytogenes contamination. These items were made by Parkers Farm Inc., and purchased and distributed by The Wisconsin Cheeseman, Inc. of Sun Prairie, WI.Listeria monocytogenes bacteria is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria often experience fever,...

Parkers Farm Recalls Snack Products Over Listeria Worries

Jan 12, 2010 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Various snack products are being recalled by Parkers Farm, Inc. of Coon Rapids, Minnesota because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.Listeriosis, the infection caused by the Listeria pathogen, is dangerous and can often be deadly, causing serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy individuals may suffer short-term symptoms, such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal...

Canadian Ham Products Recalled in U.S For Listeria

Dec 28, 2009 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Ham products imported to the U.S. from Canada are being recalled today by Associated Grocers of Maine because of possible Listeria contamination. Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially fatal disease. Healthy people rarely contract listeriosis. However, listeriosis can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea. Listeriosis can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as serious and sometimes fatal...

Potential Listeria Contamination: Sandwiches and Walnuts

Oct 12, 2009 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Today we are reporting on two separate recalls concerning foods potentially contaminated with the dangerous, sometimes deadly, Listeria monocytogenes pathogen, which can result in Listeriosis.Listeriosis can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms, such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. In pregnant women,...

Eggo Products Recalled following Listeria Finding

Sep 3, 2009 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Media outlets are reporting that breakfast food giant Kellogg’s has recalled some of its popular Eggo waffles. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) said that the recall was implemented after Listeria monocytogenes was discovered by the Georgia Department of Agriculture in some buttermilk Eggo waffles that were manufactured at Kellogg’s Atlanta plant.The Department of Agriculture took the sample at a routine inspection at the Atlanta plant, said the AJC, which noted that the...

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