Long Phung Food Products Recalls Pork Products Due to Possible Listeria

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Long Phung Food Products, Houston, Texas recalled an undetermined amount of ready-to-eat pork products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes. These items were shipped to distributors and retail locations nationwide. The FSIS was notified on October 22, 2018, of a cluster of listeriosis illnesses that were closely related. FSIS determined that there is a link between the Listeria monocytogenes illnesses and ready-to-eat pork products produced by Long Phung Foods. The epidemiologic investigation identified a total of four listeriosis confirmed illnesses between July 1, 2017, and October 24, 2018. On November 19, 2018, whole genome sequencing of investigative samples collected from Long Phung showed that the samples were closely related genetically to Listeria monocytogenes from ill people. @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2018/recall-116-2018-release
165368 C. Corporation Recalls Pork Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination

165368 C. Corporation, doing business as Long Phung Food Products, a Houston, Texas establishment, is recalling an undetermined amount of ready-to-eat pork products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes.

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