Sunday brunch alert: listeria recall of salmon products now includes whitefish, herring
Brooklyn company Banner Smoked Fish’s 17-state mass recall of all sizes, all lots of unexpired smoked salmon, lox and nova now includes salads, pickled fish and cream sauce products.
Whitefish, herring, trout and turbot are among the now 82 products — almost double the original recall of 42 — pulled from shelves and reach-in coolers in a recall ignited by listeria worries.
“The products were found to be processed under unsanitary conditions,” the company-written, FDA-posted recall alert says. “The problem was discovered through FDA routine inspection.”
Brands included are Banner, Benz’s, Bingo Wholesale, Fishing Line, Flaum, Golden Taste, Homerus, Marshall’s, New York Steelhead, Noon Hour, Raskin’s, Tuv Taam, and Westside Market NYC. The alert contains the full list of 82 products.
The products went to Florida, New York, New Jersey, California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Listeria hits about 1,600 Americans each year, the CDC says, and kills about 260. The worst consequences usually hit senior citizens, children under 5 and people with damaged immune systems. Listeria can cause miscarriage and stillbirths in pregnant women. Symptoms in people who aren’t pregnant include confusion, poor balance, high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Anyone with questions can call Banner at 718-449–1400, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Eastern time.
This story was originally published June 3, 2021 at 7:21 AM with the headline "Sunday brunch alert: listeria recall of salmon products now includes whitefish, herring."
