date:May 05, 2016
TreeHouse Foods has issued a voluntary recall of products that may be impacted by sunflower seeds contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
L.mono is 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