Article: BALLARD'S FARM SAUSAGE, RECALLS EGG SALAD BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE HEALTH RISK

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Food & Drug Administration issued the following recall notice:

Ballard's Farm Sausage, Inc. of Wayne, WV, is recalling the following egg salad products - Ballard's 12 oz. egg salad, Food City 12 oz. egg salad and Valu Time 11 oz. egg salad - because of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. This organism 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 ...

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