Listeria Recall: Gold Star Sausage Franks

Below is the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) news release regarding the recall of Gold Star Sausage franks due to possible contamination 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 or fill out the firm’s online-consultation form.

The incubation period for Listeria can be anywhere from 11-70 days. If you have eaten a recalled Gold Star Sausage frank, you should watch for Listeria symptoms, including fever, muscle aches, diarrhea, headache, loss of balance and confusion. If you are pregnant and ate the recalled head cheese, your unborn baby is at risk. Read about Listeria and pregnancy.

Colorado Firm Recalls Sausage Franks for Possible Listeria Contamination
January 5, 2007 - Gold Star Sausage Co., Inc, a Denver, Colorado, firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 15,514 pounds of sausage franks that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.

The following Gold Star Sausage franks are subject to recall:

One-pound packages of "MAVERICK RANCH BEEF FRANKS, 6 SKINLESS FRANKS." Each package bears a "sell by" date of "2/14/07," "2/21/07" or "2/28/07."
One-pound packages of "MAVERICK RANCH BUFFALO FRANKS, 6 SKINLESS FRANKS." Each package bears a "sell by" date of "12/27/06," "1/3/07," "1/10/07," "2/14/07," "2/21/07" or "2/28/07."
Five-pound packages of "BEEF FRANKS, PRODUCT CODE MF55-0606-15." These products were packaged on "12/09/06."

Each package bears the establishment number "EST. 1106" inside the USDA mark of inspection.

The Golds Star Sausage franks were distributed to retail and institutional establishments in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Utah.

The problem was discovered through microbiological testing completed by a non-government laboratory. FSIS has received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of this product.

Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially fatal disease. Healthy people rarely contract listeriosis. However, listeriosis can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea. Listeriosis can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as serious and sometimes fatal infections in those with weakened immune systems, such as infants, the elderly and persons with HIV infection or undergoing chemotherapy.

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