Article: COMMISSIONER IRVIN WARNS CONSUMERS; GEORGIA AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT FINDS CONTAMINATED CRAB SALAD

The Georgia Department of Agriculture issued the following news release:

Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin announced today that Georgia Department of Agriculture food scientists have found Listeria monocytogenes in a store sample of imitation crab salad in south Georgia.

The seven-ounce sample of Salads of the Sea Supreme Krab Dip (imitation crab) was sold at Winn-Dixie supermarkets south of a line from Columbus to Augusta. Listeria monocytogenes, is a species of bacteria that can potentially cause illness. The contamination was found only in a 7-ounce package marked SELL BY August 23, 2006. The salad is distributed by Future Food, LTD, Dallas, Texas.

"Winn-Dixie is notifying its ...

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