Listeria Recall: Jamba Juice Strawberry Smoothie

Below is the FDA news release regarding the possible contamination of Jamba Juice strawberry smoothies with Listeria monocytogenes, a life-threatening foodborne pathogen. PritzkerOlsen, P.A. is reprinting the news release here as a public service. The firm has recovered millions for victims of Listeria poisoning (listeriosis) and other foodborne illnesses, including a recent settlement for $6,425,000. To contact PritzkerOlsen, P.A. for a free consultation, call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900, e-mail info@pritzkerlaw.com or use the firm's online-consultation form.

The incubation period for Listeria can be anywhere from 11-70 days. This means that if you drank a contaminated Jamba Juice smoothie, you may not get sick for 2 months. If you drank a Jamba Juice strawberry smoothie in Arizona, Southern Nevada or Southern California, you should watch for Listeria symptoms, including fever, muscle aches, diarrhea, headache, loss of balance and confusion.

Jamba Juice Issues Alert Regarding Strawberry Smoothies
December 04, 2006 -- Jamba Juice of San Francisco, CA in consultation with the FDA is notifying the public that smoothies containing strawberries which were sold at its Jamba Juice stores in Arizona, Southern Nevada and Southern California between November 25 - December 1, 2006, may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Listeria monocytogenes, is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

The strawberry contamination came to light when one of Jamba Juice's suppliers – Cleugh's Frozen Foods of Salinas, CA - notified the company that frozen strawberries from one of Cleugh's facilities tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. [Food venders are liable when their food makes people sick. If people contracted Listeria poisoning (listeriosis) from the Jamba Juice strawberry smoothies, Jamba Juice will be liable even though the strawberries were contaminated before Jamba Juice bought them fro a supplier.]

In an effort to fully protect its customers, Jamba Juice immediately and voluntarily halted all shipments from the location where the Listeria was found and removed all strawberries provided by the production facility, including berries not believed to be impacted. Every store that received shipments from the supplier's affected location have been cleaned and disinfected.

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