More sprouts are being recalled, this time for the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes.

The action was announced Thursday by Chang Farm of Whatley, Massachusetts.

In a press release placed on the Food and Drug Administration's food safety website, the company said its bean and soy sprouts may be contaminated with Listeria but that no illnesses have been reported.

The produce -- packed in 10-pound bulk bags and 12-ounce plastic bags for retail, are distributed to retail stores and restaurants throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey.

Sold under the Chang Farm label, the soy sprouts have a “Sell By” date of May 23, 2009, or May 24, 2009. Bean sprouts have a “Use By” date of May 23, 2009, or May 24, 2009.

The contamination was discovered in a test sample taken at a retail store in New York, the company said.

Listeria can cause potentially deadly infections in young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. A Listeria outbreak in Canada last year killed 22 people. For pregnant women, Listeria carries the additional threat of miscarriage and stillbirth.

Earlier this spring, the FDA and Centers for Disease Control advised consumers not to eat raw alfalfa sprouts because they may be contaminated with Salmonella that infected seeds at various growers.

National food poisoning law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys is currently representing clents in a variety of foodborne illness outbreaks and has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Minnesota for the family of a woman who died in the peanut product Salmonella outbreak that started last fall.

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