Simply Potatoes Recalled Due to Listeria

Northern Star Co. has voluntarily recalled:

• Simply Potatoes Shredded Hash Browns — 20-ounce bag UPC code 20169-22233
• Simply Potatoes Southwest Style Hash Browns — 20-ounce bag UPC code 20169-22236
• Simply Potatoes Homestyle Slices — 20-ounce bag UPC code 20169-22237
• Simply Potatoes Red Potato Wedges — 20-ounce bag UPC code 20169-22238
• Diners Choice Shredded Hash Browns — 2-pound bag UPC code 20169-22223
• Farm Fresh Shredded Hash Browns — 16-ounce bag UPC code 20169-22533

The tainted products were sold at Albertsons, Food Lion, Giant, Harris Teeter, Kroger, Publix, Safeway, Stop Shop & Save, Walmart, Wegmans, and Winn Dixie stores

If you have purchased these products dated for use between March 29 to April 3 – DO NOT EAT THEM!!!

Listeria is a nasty foodborne illness that in serious cases can lead to damage to the central nervous system, meningitis, blood poisoning and death.  It is especially risky to children, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems. In pregnant women, the infection can cause miscarriage or still birth, or if the baby survives, it can be born with the infection.

Oops They Did it Again!

Kudos to the Minnesota Dept. Of Health for discovering the Listeria contamination during routine tests.  These are the same guys that discovered the salmonella in peanut butter & tipped off the nation’s largest food recall.  If only the FDA were as efficient!