Below is the FDA announcement of the IFS vending machine sandwich recall.  The recalled IFS buffalo chicken sandwiches, Cuban sandwiches, and Italian sandwiches may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a potentially fatal foodborne pathogen.  The sandwiches were sold in vending machines and convenience stores in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.  Pritzker | Olsen, P.A., a leading Listeria litigation law firm, is providing the IFS sandwich recall information below as a public service.  The firm has recovered millions for victims of food poisoning, including a recent settlement for over 6 million dollars.

If you have been diagnosed with a Listeria infection (listeriosis) and ate a packaged sandwich from a vending machine or convenience store in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, or Wisconsin, contact a Listeria lawyer at Pritzker | Olsen, P.A. for a free consultation.  Please call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900 or submit the firm’s online consultation form.

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FDA Vending Machine Sandwich Recall Announcement: IFS, Inc. Recalls Sandwiches Because of Possible Health Risk

August 10, 2007 -- IFS, Inc. of South Elgin, IL is recalling 7,500 sandwiches sold in vending machines and convenience stores, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although 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 recalled sandwiches reached consumers through vending machines and convenience stores in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Montana.

These products are in a plastic wrapper and contain the exp. 073007.

The items are Buffalo Chicken Sandwich PLU # 3707, Cuban Sandwich PLU # 3795, and Asiago Italian PLU #3770.

No illnesses have been reported as of 07/30/2007.

The sandwich recall is the result of a routine sampling program by IFS, Inc. which revealed that the finished products contained the bacteria. IFS, Inc. has ceased the production and distribution of the product as FDA and the IFS, Inc. continue their investigation as to what caused the problem.