New Zealand-NZ Herald.com-Listeria sparks mussel recall

Sanford has issued a global recall of 280 tonnes of green lipped mussel meat that could contain the killer bacteria listeria.

The mussel meat has mainly been exported, to the United States, Canada, Spain, Hong Kong, Germany, Australia, Bulgaria, Greece, Japan, Malta and Britain.

But a limited amount has been sold to customers in the Nelson area and to two companies that further process the mussels, Sanford says.

Managing director Eric Barratt said listeria monocytogenes had been identified “at a low level” on the mussel meat’s production line at the company’s Havelock plant, in Marlborough.

US-Meatingplace.com-Minnesota pork plant investigated for illness cluster

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced it is investigating a cluster of 11 cases of neurological illness in workers at Quality Pork Processors, Inc. (QPP) in Austin, Minn.

The agency is also working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine if workers in other pork processing plants across the country have experienced anything similar.

There have been no fatalities and no link to pork consumption.

QPP is a co-packer with Hormel Foods, which is the packer’s only customer. The plant employs over 1,200 people and processes about 17,000 hogs per day. Its business consists of slaughter, cut and conversion of fresh pork products…more