Listeria monocytogenes
Panera Bread Recalls Cream Cheese Over Listeria Fears
Lovers of fresh bread and fast food were alarmed at the end of January when the popular restaurant chain Panera Bread issued a sudden recall affecting their pre-packaged cream cheese, saying that the product was potentially tainted with listeria. According to the statement from Panera Bread, the recall of this product was a voluntary action performed by the company after testing done within Panera’s quality control department discovered that specific samples from one day of cream cheese manufacturing in a specific factory contained the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes.
Manufacturer Recalls Frozen Meatballs Due to Food Borne Illness Risk
Orlando product liability lawyer James O. Cunningham would like to alert readers to an important product recall of frozen food that if ingested could cause serious health problems, especially for infants and the elderly. Buona Vita, Inc., a company based in Bridgeton, N.J., has announced that they are recalling nearly 73,000 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat food products due to the potential contamination of the products with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium associated with food borne illness.