Salmon’s Meat Products of Luxemburg, WI, is issuing a recall for a variety of ready-to-eat meat products sold at retail stores throughout Northeast Wisconsin because of contamination from Listeria monocytogenes.
According to the company’s recall notice the recalled products are:
- Sliced Homestyle Summer Sausage, approximately 16 oz. packages, packed with “Best if used by” dates of 09/30/23 and before
- Cracker-sized Sliced Summer Sausage, approximately 8 oz. packages, packed with “Best if used by” dates of 09/30/23 and before
- Country Smoked Sliced Ham, approximately 2 lb. packages, packed with “Best if used by” date 09/11/23 and before
- Country Smoked Ham Steaks, approximately 0.4 lb. packages, packed with “Best if used by” date 09/11/23 and before
- Country Smoked Shaved Ham, variable weight packages, packed with “Best if used by” date 09/11/23 and before
- Cooked Ham, approximately 1 lb. packages, packed with “Best if used by” date 09/11/23 and before
- Beef Stick Snack Bites, approximately 12 lb. packages, packed with “Best if used by” date 11/05/23 and before
- Smoked Sliced Ribeye, approximately 1 lb. packages, packed with “Best if used by” date 09/11/23 and before
Product labels also have a mark of inspection with establishment No. 742.
As of the posting of the recall notice, no illnesses had been reported as a result of consuming these products. Anyone with signs or symptoms of a foodborne illness should contact their doctor.
Consumers who have these products can discard them. Consumers with questions about this recall can contact Salmon’s Meat Products at 920-845-2721 option 2.
Salmon’s Meat Products is owned and operated by Ebert Meats, LLC.
About Listeria infections
Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still cause serious and sometimes life-threatening infections. Anyone who has eaten any recalledproducts and developed symptoms of Listeria infection should seek medical treatment and tell their doctors about the possible Listeria exposure.
Also, anyone who has eaten any of the recalled products should monitor themselves for symptoms during the coming weeks because it can take up to 70 days after exposure to Listeria for symptoms of listeriosis to develop.
Symptoms of Listeria infection can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache, and neck stiffness. Specific laboratory tests are required to diagnose Listeria infections, which can mimic other illnesses.
Pregnant women, the elderly, young children, and people such as cancer patients who have weakened immune systems are particularly at risk of serious illnesses, life-threatening infections, and other complications. Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild, flu-like symptoms, their infections can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn, or even stillbirth.
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