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Article: FDA issues nationwide health warning about Royal Baltic cold-smoked fish products.
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- M2 Presswire
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- March 13, 2000
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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 March 2000-US FDA: FDA issues nationwide health warning about Royal Baltic cold-smoked fish products (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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The Food and Drug Administration is issuing a nationwide warning to consumers against consuming Royal Baltic, LTD, cold-smoked fish products 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, ...