Tuna Salad Recalled due to Possible Listeria Contamination

Home Made Brand and Stop and Shop Affected

Home Made Brand Foods, of Newburyport MA, is recalling approximately 4890 pounds of "Ready-to-Eat" Tuna Salad with an expiration date of 8/19/08.

This product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. 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.

The following products are subject to recall:

99/ 5 lbs. units of "Home Made Brand Foods Tuna Salad" dated 8/19/08 expiration

412/10 lb. units of "Stop and Shop Tuna Salad" dated 8/19/08 expiration

366/12 oz. units of "Stop and Shop Tuna Salad" dated 8/19/08 expiration

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Published on Aug-13-08