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Frozen waffles and freeze-dried meat offered at Costco are below recall, making them the newest merchandise within the highlight for listeria considerations.
On Tuesday, TreeHouse Meals introduced a voluntary recall enlargement for “all products manufactured at one facility and still within their shelf-life.” The recalled product, Krusteaz Belgian Waffles 24ct, was offered at Costco between Oct. 13, 2023 and Oct. 21, 2024.
That very same day, the meals provider additionally forged a wider-net recall discover impacting merchandise “sold through most retail stores,” itemizing no less than 9 different retailers.
“Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems,” a TreeHouse Meals assertion reads. “Healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Listeria monocytogenes infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.”
COSTCO RECALLS SEVERAL ITEMS AMID LISTERIA CONCERNS
The recalled merchandise “were distributed throughout all states and provinces within the United States and Canada and packed in various formats,” TreeHouse Meals stated, noting that customers and retailers can determine the impacted merchandise by the UPC on the again of the carton, the lot code and the best-by date.
Customers who discover recalled merchandise of their freezer ought to get rid of them or return them to the place of buy for credit score. Presently, TreeHouse Meals says “there have been no confirmed reports of illness linked the the recalled products.”
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A Costco retailer in Bayonne, New Jersey, US, on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. (Angus Mordant/Bloomberg through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
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The second Costco-sold product introduced as being below recall is Nutristore Freeze Dried Deluxe Meat Selection #10 Cans, 12 rely “due to the potential of Listeria contamination in chicken provided by one of our suppliers,” the corporate stated in a discover.
Customers with cans of rooster remaining are instructed to not eat them, however slightly return them for full refunds.
Mature lady scanning groceries at self checkout line in Costco, Palm Seaside, Florida. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Common Photos Group through Getty Photos) / Getty Photos)
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Costco often contacts clients who’ve bought a recalled product, and the retailer additionally has an internet site devoted to product recollects.
