Ian’s Wheat Free Products Recall: Listeria Contamination

Food Safety Alert: Ian’s recalls two products due to risk of contamination by Listeria bacteria. Listeria can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, the elderly, and those with compromised immune systems.

What’s the problem?

January 26, 2011 – Ian’s is recalling the following products due to a risk of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes:

• 8-ounce boxes of Ian’s Wheat Free, Gluten Free Mac and No Cheese with a use-by date of 26Aug2011 and UPC code 7-49512-43670-8 (372 packages impacted)
• 8-ounce boxes of Ian’s Wheat Free, Gluten Free French Bread Pizza with a use-by date of 28Aug2011 and UPC code 7-49512-91572-2 (120 packages impacted)

A total of 492 individual boxes distributed to retailers nationwide and sold in the frozen foods section of the supermarket are potentially affected.

Important Listeria Food Poisoning Information

Eating food contaminated with Listeria bacteria can leading to a life-threatening disease called listeriosis. Signs and symptoms of Listeriosis can include (but are not limited to):

• high fever
• severe headache
• neck stiffness
• nausea

Listeriosis has also been known to cause miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as serious and sometimes fatal infections in infants, the elderly, and persons with HIV infection or undergoing chemotherapy.

Sickened by contaminated food? Contact us today – you may have a case.

The Food Poisoning Litigation Group at our law firm is an experienced team of trial lawyers that focus on the representation of plaintiffs in contaminated food recall lawsuits. We are handling individual litigation nationwide and currently accepting new food poisoning cases in all 50 states.