The products — which have “best used by” dates of August 23, 26, 28, and 29, as well as September 5, 2021 — include select batches sold under the names Uncle Wally’s, The Worthy Crumb, Stop & Shop, 7-Eleven Selects, Freshness Guaranteed, Great Value, and Marketside. Listeria infection is a foodborne bacterial illness that can cause high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. In young children, frail or elderly people, and individuals with weakened immune systems, listeriosis (the official name of the infection caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes) can prove fatal. The FDA warns that listeriosis may lead to miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. In some instances, if the sickness spreads to the nervous system, infected people may experience confusion or changes in alertness, loss of balance, and convulsions, according to the Mayo Clinic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year about 1,600 people get listeriosis and about 260 die. Jennifer Horney, PhD, a professor of epidemiology and a core faculty member with the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware in Newark, warned that one of the challenges with listeria is that the infection can have a relatively long incubation period of one to four weeks, so it can be difficult for people at risk to remember specific food or beverage exposures. “Contact your medical care provider or local health department if you are concerned about exposure, and be sure to throw out any products you may have purchased that are included in recalls,” she said. Consumers can also call Give and Go Prepared Foods Corp at 844-366-1171 for more information about the recall 24 hours a day.
