{"id":74983,"date":"2012-07-09T12:11:48","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T17:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=74983"},"modified":"2012-07-09T12:13:17","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T17:13:17","slug":"listeria-contamination-forces-recall-of-325000-pounds-of-frozen-meat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/listeria-contamination-forces-recall-of-325000-pounds-of-frozen-meat\/","title":{"rendered":"Listeria Contamination Forces Recall of 325,000 Pounds of Frozen Meat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced over the weekend a recall of nearly 325,000 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat meat products manufactured by Buona Vita Inc. because of a possible listeria contamination. Listeria bacteria can cause listeriosis, a potentially fatal bacterial infection.<a title=\"meat recall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/listeria-contamination-forces-recall-of-325000-pounds-of-frozen-meat\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-75005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Buon-Vita-Inc-Meatballs-300x163.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Buon-Vita-Inc-Meatballs-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Buon-Vita-Inc-Meatballs.png 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buona Vita Inc., based out of New Jersey, makes precooked, frozen Italian food products. Products affected include <strong><a title=\"Meatball recipes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/meatballs\/recipes\" target=\"_blank\">meatballs<\/a><\/strong>, dinner loafs, salisbury patties, breakfast patties, and burger patties made with chicken, pork, beef, and turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Brand names included in the recall are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buona Vita Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Cupino<\/li>\n<li>Mama Isabella<\/li>\n<li>Vincent Giordano<\/li>\n<li>Dirusso<\/li>\n<li>Silver Lake<\/li>\n<li>Argenta Pride<\/li>\n<li>Whitsons Food Service<\/li>\n<li>M&amp;R Frosted Food Co.<\/li>\n<li>Orefresco<\/li>\n<li>Bullpen<\/li>\n<li>Napoli<\/li>\n<li>Whorle&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Buonamici<\/li>\n<li>Monabella<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All products recalled were manufactured in May. The recall is a class 1 risk, meaning there is a reasonable probability that using the product will cause serious health consequences or death, according to the U.S.D.A.&#8217;s website. There have been no reports of illnesses yet, but the infection is known to have a long incubation period. The retailers where these products have been distributed will be listed on the U.S.D.A.&#8217;s Food Safety and Inspection Service website when it becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms of listeriosis are a fever, muscle aches, diarrhea, and other gastrointestinal symptoms. The disease is especially dangerous in older adults, pregnant women, infants, and those with weakened immune systems.<\/p>\n<p>A 2026 outbreak from <strong><a title=\"cantaloupe listeria\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/del-monte-files-a-lawsuit-against-the-fda-for-cantaloupe-recall\/\">cantaloupes infected with listeria<\/a><\/strong> killed 30 people. <strong><a title=\"food safety rules\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/the-four-rules-of-food-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\">Food safety practices<\/a>,<\/strong> like scrubbing vegetables and fully cooking meat, can reduce one&#8217;s risk of exposure to the bacteria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"GMO food labeling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/californias-push-for-labeling-of-genetically-modified-foods\/\">California Pushes for Labeling of GMO Foods<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"meatless monday\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/start-the-week-with-meatless-monday\/\">Start the Week with Meatless Monday<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/protect-your-family-against-food-borne-illness\/\" target=\"_blank\">Protect Your Family Against Food Borne Illness<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced over the weekend a recall of nearly 325,000 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat meat products manufactured by Buona Vita Inc. because of a possible listeria contamination. Listeria bacteria can cause listeriosis, a potentially fatal bacterial &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/listeria-contamination-forces-recall-of-325000-pounds-of-frozen-meat\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3687],"tags":[1941,794,2460,8563],"class_list":["post-74983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","tag-food-industry","tag-food-safety","tag-frozen-foods","tag-product-recall"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74983"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75030,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74983\/revisions\/75030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}