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Listeria Prompts Company To Suspend Production

By Pritzker | Ruohonen

A Framingham, Mass., food company has suspended manufacturing of its imitation cream cheese and imitation peanut butter as it investigates what caused Listeria monocytogenes to contaminate a test sample. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in news release that Cambrooke Foods LLC also is recalling all batches of the imitation cream cheese and "Peanot Butter'' from distributors' shelves and consumers' kitchens.

The company said Listeria bacteria was found in random testing at its Randolph, Mass., plant before shipment. The recalls are precautionary and not related to any outbreak of illness, according to the news release.

The FDA press release said the following Cambrooke products should be discarded:

• Cheddar Wizard Low Protein Imitation Cream Cheese
• Herb & Garlic Low Protein Imitation Cream Cheese
• Plain Low Protein Imitation Cream Cheese
• Low Protein Peanot Butter

The products are sold to consumers who have special dietary needs. The company said it has ceased production and distribution of the products while it investigates the Listeria problem with the FDA.

Listeria monocytogenes is a pathogen that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems. The bacteria also can cause still birth and miscarriage in pregnant women.

Pritzker | Ruohonen & Associates, P.A. is one of the few law firms in the United States that practices extensively in the area of foodborne illness litigation. The firm has collected millions of dollars on behalf of victims of E. coli poisoning and other foodborne illnesses. For more information, visit http://www/pritzkerlaw.com or contact Fred Pritzker at (612) 338-0202. The firm's offices are at Plaza VII, Suite 2950, 45 South Seventh Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402.

Full post as published by Food Poisoning Law Blog on December 14, 2008 (boomark / email).