Food safety alert
Investigation status: Open
Recall issued: Yes
New as of 12/5: CDC added another strain of Listeria to this outbreak after it was identified in product and environmental testing. If you have any Yu Shang Food recalled products in your home, throw them out or return them to the store.
Fast Facts
United States
- Cases: 19 (8 new)
- Hospitalizations: 17 (8 new)
- Deaths: 2 (1 new)
- States: 8 (4 new)
New as of 12/5: CDC added another strain of Listeria to this outbreak after it was identified in product and environmental testing. If you have any Yu Shang Food recalled products in your home, throw them out or return them to the store.
Recalled food
Yu Shang Food ready-to-eat meat and poultry products
- All products with "Yu Shang" (establishment number "P46684" or "EST. M46684") on the label.
- Includes all products produced prior to October 28, 2024.
Recall
See USDA's recall notice for full product list.
What you should do
- Do not eat recalled products. Throw them away or return them to where you bought them.
- Clean your refrigerator, containers, and surfaces that may have touched the recalled foods. Listeria can survive in the refrigerator and can easily spread to other foods and surfaces.
- Call a healthcare provider right away if you have these symptoms after eating recalled products.
- Pregnant people usually have fever, muscle aches, and tiredness.
- People who are not pregnant usually have fever, muscle aches, and tiredness. They may also get a headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or seizures.
- Pregnant people usually have fever, muscle aches, and tiredness.
What Businesses Should Do
- Do not sell or serve recalled products.
- Follow FDA's safe handling and cleaning advice if you sold or served recalled products.
Symptoms of Listeria
- Listeria is especially harmful to people who are pregnant, aged 65 or older, or with weakened immune systems. This is because Listeria is more likely to spread beyond their gut to other parts of their body, resulting in a severe condition known as invasive listeriosis.
- For people who are pregnant, Listeria can cause pregnancy loss, premature birth, or a life-threatening infection in their newborn.
- For people who are 65 years or older or who have a weakened immune system, Listeria often results in hospitalization and sometimes death.
- For people who are pregnant, Listeria can cause pregnancy loss, premature birth, or a life-threatening infection in their newborn.
- Symptoms usually start within 2 weeks after eating food contaminated with Listeria but may start as early as the same day or as late as 10 weeks after.
- People who are pregnant usually have fever, muscle aches, and tiredness.
- People who are not pregnant usually have fever, muscle aches, and tiredness. They may also get a headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or seizures.
- People who are pregnant usually have fever, muscle aches, and tiredness.