Article: Ballard's egg salad recalled after contamination found

RALEIGH, N.C. - State health officials announced a recall Monday of egg salad made by West Virginia-based Ballard's Farm Sausage Inc. because of possible contamination.

The salad was sold in 12-ounce containers as Ballard's Farm Egg Salad at Wal-Mart and other food retailers across North Carolina. The recall includes salads marked with a use-by date of Nov. 7.

The recall was issued after a routine sample collected from a Wal- Mart in Wake County tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes, which can cause serious or fatal infections in young children or elderly people.

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