Listeria cheese outbreak map 2024 shows states where people got sick

The checklist of merchandise being recalled resulting from potential listeria contamination has grown. On Tuesday, the Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) introduced a voluntary recall of 58 dairy products together with cheese, yogurt, and bitter creme. The merchandise are linked to an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes that has sickened folks in 11 states and prompted two deaths.

Since that day, recollects of further merchandise have been introduced. In contrast to the primary recall, most of those further merchandise aren’t primarily a dairy product, however reasonably they’re meals objects which will comprise some cheese with it. For instance, a bean dip with cotija in it or a salad package with presumably contaminated cheese.

The extra recollects embody merchandise from Merely Contemporary, Dealer Joe’s, and BrightFarms amongst others. 

The extra merchandise recalled as of Thursday, February 8 embody:

• Sure Rojo’s Black Bean 6 Layer Dip 2-20oz Membership Packs (full info here)
• Sure dressings, sauces, cremes, and a taco package offered below the model names Don Pancho, HEB, or Dealer Joe’s (full info here)
• Sure Dealer Joe’s Rooster Enchiladas Verde, Cilantro Salad Dressing, Elote Chopped Salad Package, and Southwest Salad merchandise (full info here)
• A BrightFarms Southwest Chipotle Crunch Package (full info here)
• Sure Marketside and Prepared Pac Bistro salad kits (full info here)

Shoppers ought to examine the recall notices on the FDA’s website for full particulars of the recalled merchandise and observe the offered directions for the way to deal with them.

The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) has additionally revealed the place those that have turn into sick from the outbreak have lived. Up to now, there have been 26 reported diseases. They occurred within the following states: 

• Arizona: 4
• California: 8
• Colorado: 4
• Florida: 1
• Georgia: 1
• Nevada: 1
• North Carolina: 1
• Oregon: 1
• Tennessee: 2
• Texas: 2
• Washington: 1

Nonetheless, the CDC notes that the recalled merchandise had been distributed nationwide and that further folks, together with these in different states, might have gotten sick however recovered with out medical care, so thus their sickness was by no means reported.