Voluntary Recall Issued on Ballard's Farm Sausage, Cole Slaw and Macaroni Salad

Ballard's Farm is announcing this recall extension based on laboratory tests that show the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

This organism can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems.

Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

The recall involves only the following products: Ballard's Farm 24 oz. Amish Macaroni salad, Ballard's Farm 24 oz. Amish Sweet Slaw, Ballard's Farm 12 oz. Cole Slaw, and Food City 12 oz. Cole Slaw because of a possible health risk. This is in addition to the recall of Ballard's Farm 12 oz. Egg Salad on 10/ 22/06.

see also:

Press Release Ballard's Farm Sausage Issues Press Release on Voluntary Recall
Ballard's Farm Sausage Issues Press Release on Voluntary Recall

Beef Recall, Michigan Michigan Meat Packer Recalls 129,000 lbs of Beef Due to Bacteria Risk
E. coli Threat in Michigan Prompts Beef Recall

FDA Alerts on Melamine Contamination Read the FDA update on products recalled due to melamine contamination
FDA issues updated alert on melamine contamination in food products