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Don Pedro's Sausage

April 19, 2005
Don Pedro's Meat, a La Puente, Calif., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 40 pounds of sausage products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

Products subject to recall include: 2- and 10-pound packages of "DON PEDRO'S MEAT, RELLENA, COOKED PORK BLOOD SAUSAGE." The establishment code "EST. 20946" appears inside the USDA mark of inspection.

The sausage was produced on April 8 and was distributed to retail establishments in Los Angeles, Calif. The problem was discovered through routine FSIS regulatory sampling. FSIS has received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of these products.

Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially fatal disease. Healthy people rarely contract listeriosis. However, listeriosis can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea. Listeriosis can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as serious and sometimes fatal infections in those with weakened immune systems including infants, the elderly and persons with chronic disease, such as HIV infection or undergoing chemotherapy.

Media with questions about the recall should contact company HACCP coordinator Miguel Jimenez at (626) 336-8900. Consumers with questions about the recall should contact company Sales Director Karla Hernandez at (626) 336-8900.

The recall is being conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

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