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CDC investigating Listeria
outbreak linked to Florida ice cream brand |
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The US Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention is investigating an outbreak of
Listeria infections linked to Big Olaf Creamery brand ice cream,
the agency said last week. The ice cream is sold only in
Florida. The manufacturer is voluntarily contacting retailers to recommend
against selling its ice cream products until further notice. The CDC says
consumers who have the ice cream at home should throw it away and clean
areas, containers and utensils that may have touched the product. Interviews with 17 infected
people found 14 had reported eating ice cream and six remembered eating Big
Olaf Creamery brand ice cream or eating ice cream at locations that might
have been supplied by Big Olaf Creamery. So far, 23 people have been
infected across 10 states, and "nearly all" lived in or traveled to
Florida in the month preceding infection, the agency said in an earlier press
release. Twelve of the people infected live in Florida. One death has been reported in
Illinois from the infection strain, and 22 people were hospitalized. Five
people were infected during pregnancy, and one fetal loss has been reported.
Pregnant people are at higher risk for severe infection with Listeria. |
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