000758 Chicken Salad Recalled for ListeriaJuly 24, 2000Washington - Home Made Brand Foods of Newburyport, Mass., is recalling some 3,300 pounds of chicken salad that may be contaminated with potentially deadly Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, USDA said. The suspect products are packed in 5-pound and 10-pound containers bearing the Home Made Brand name and the establishment number P-8865 inside the USDA inspection seal. Involved are American Chicken Salad and Bickford's White Chicken Salad, both with a sell-by date of 8/4; Classic Chicken Salad and On A Roll Chicken Salad, both with a sell-by date of 8/2; Supreme White Chicken Salad, with a sell-by date of 7/24; Weis brand Chicken Salad and Hidden Harbor brand Chicken Salad, both with a sell-by date of 8/4. The salad was produced on July 10 and distributed to retail and wholesale establishments in Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. Listeria can cause listeriosis, a disease that can be fatal to those with weakened immune systems. The possible contamination was detected in routine testing by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service.
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