Nationwide deli meat recall announced
August 24th, 2010
09:10 AM ET
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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.

"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.

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  1. van der Brugge

    This is a nice blog message, I will keep this idea in my mind. If you add more video and pictures because it helps understanding :) ml van der Brugge.

    August 25, 2010 at 3:19 am |
  2. ladybug

    I do not like there business practices and the way they treat there empolyees . So, for that (and this just adds to it) I do not shop at Wal-mart.

    August 24, 2010 at 9:18 pm |
  3. william

    Perfect example of why not to buy your meat from Wal-mart

    August 24, 2010 at 3:09 pm |
  4. Nice.

    Sweet. My ongoing personal boycott of Walmart has finally come in handy.

    August 24, 2010 at 12:19 pm |
  5. Terry Wallace

    April 2010 Walmart eliminates the district food managers that solely responsibility was to be the guardian of the public's health, in charge of working with all stores to ensure all foods, products and facilities are safe and sanitized for all customers. Since April the primary focus has not been customer satisfaction but profits and the share holder with no concideration of the customers health sounds like Food Lion all over again. Walmart has eliminated 1000's of items that simply is a reflection of the poor judgement thoughtprocess of the customer needs.

    August 24, 2010 at 10:41 am |
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