If you buy lunchmeat from WAL*MART, read this

Jstas

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/24/meat.recall/index.html?hpt=T2

Nationwide meat recall announced
By the CNN Wire Staff
August 24, 2010 9:33 a.m. EDT

(CNN) -- Zemco Industries in Buffalo, New York, has recalled approximately 380,000 pounds of deli meat that may be contaminated with bacteria that can cause a potentially fatal disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday.

The products were distributed to Wal-Marts nationwide, according to the USDA's website.

The meats may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, which was discovered in a retail sample collected by inspectors in Georgia. The USDA has received no reports of illnesses associated with the meats.

Upon learning of the voluntary recall, Wal-Mart immediately told its stores to remove the meat from their shelves, the company said in a statement.

"Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially fatal disease," according to the USDA. "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 infections in those with weakened immune systems, such as infants, the elderly and persons with HIV infection or undergoing chemotherapy," the USDA said.

The products subject to recall are:

-- 25.5-pound cases of "Marketside Grab and Go Sandwiches BLACK FOREST HAM With Natural Juices Coated with Caramel Color" with the number 17800 1300.

-- 28.49-pound cases of "Marketside Grab and Go Sandwiches HOT HAM, HARD SALAMI, PEPPERONI, SANDWICH PEPPERS" with the number 17803 1300.

-- 32.67-pound cases of "Marketside Grab and Go Sandwiches VIRGINIA BRAND HAM With Natural Juices, MADE IN NEW YORK, FULLY COOKED BACON, SANDWICH PICKLES, SANDWICH PEPPERS" with the number 17804 1300.

-- 25.5-pound cases of "Marketside Grab and Go Sandwiches ANGUS ROAST BEEF Coated with Caramel Color" with the number 17805 1300.

The meats were produced on dates ranging from June 18 to July 2, 2010. The "Use By" dates range from August 20 to September 10, 2010.

Wal-Mart noted the recall involves Marketside Grab and Go sandwiches, but not individual packages of deli meat. "We encourage customers who recently purchased this item to return it for a full refund," the company statement said.

Ron-P

One thing I never do is buy food, any kind of food, at store's like these.

Amherst

Marketside Grab and Go....Doesn't even sound right, let alone something I'd want to eat. Yuk.

Good heads up!

Demiurge

If you buy lunchmeat from WAL*MART, read this

Should read sandwiches, not lunchmeat.

Fongolio

-- 28.49-pound cases of "Marketside Grab and Go Sandwiches HOT HAM, HARD SALAMI, PEPPERONI, SANDWICH PEPPERS" with the number 17803 1300.

Why does this description not seem right?

bobman1235

I'm sorry, but if you buy meat at WalMart, this is just Darwinism taking care of you.

cnh

And I thought monitoring a year of buying food in China was bad. Welcome back to the U.S.? Eggs, sandwiches...

cnh

ohskigod

Demiurge wrote: »

Should read sandwiches, not lunchmeat.

actually those packages are unsliced lunch meat, I think Market side sandwiches is just the brand name. either way, I'd bypass the walmart deli for a spell

no prob for me, I don't chinze on deli meat when I splurge on it.

Demiurge

ohskigod wrote: »

actually those packages are unsliced lunch meat, I think Market side sandwiches is just the brand name. either way, I'd bypass the walmart deli for a spell

no prob for me, I don't chinze on deli meat when I splurge on it.

I had heard on the radio that it was those preservative filled pre-made sandwiches you see in the cases near the deli, not the meat they slice for you in the deli (which is decent enough). Maybe it changed, though.

Wal-Mart noted the recall involves Marketside Grab and Go sandwiches, but not individual packages of deli meat. "We encourage customers who recently purchased this item to return it for a full refund," the company statement said.

I'm like you though, I still buy mine at a high quality deli when I have it. We've got some good ones around here.

tonyb

Somethings in this world you just don't go cheap on,lunch meats is one. Hell, I'll go to an italian deli just for the smell. Put that in a candle and you'd make a killing.