Listeria Alert: Compare Foods in Providence, Rhode Island

Below is a Rhode Island Health Department advisory regarding Compare Foods, a Providence, Rhode Island grocery store. Several items at the store tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes, a life-threatening foodborne pathogen. PritzkerOlsen, P.A.is reprinting the advisory 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 consumed something contaminated with Listeria from Compare Foods, you may not get sick for 2 months. If you ate or drank anything from Compare Foods in Providence, Rhode Island, you should watch for Listeria symptoms, including fever, muscle aches, diarrhea, headache, loss of balance and confusion.

RI Health Department Advisory Not to Consume Prepared Foods Purchased at Compare Foods, 863 Broad St., Providence, RI
Consumers are advised to discard all food items prepared at Compare Foods, 863 Broad St., Providence, RI that have been purchased any time in the past. This includes prepared foods such as sandwiches, deli sliced meats and cheeses, and prepared salads such as: tuna, macaroni, seafood, turkey, ham and cheese, potato, and cole slaw. These foods should be discarded because there is the potential that they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Multiple samples collected from this market during an investigation of an illness due to this organism were positive for this bacterium.

Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections [Listeria meningitis] 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. However, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. Please contact your health care provider if you experience any of these symptoms and you have consumed any food item prepared in this market. [Read about Listeria and pregnancy.]

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