Bellingham, Washington-headquartered Bornstein Seafoods is recalling 44,550 lbs of cooked and peeled, ready-to-eat Coldwater Shrimp Meat (see table below for multiple lot codes) because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which 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 stillbirths among pregnant women.
The wild-caught frozen shrimp, harvested from the Northeast Pacific Ocean was distributed in 1 lb. and 5 lb. plastic bags directly to distributors and retailers in California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia province of Canada. Further distribution may have been made additional supermarket and grocery store locations in the United States.
The affected product has the lot code printed at the lower left corner of its master case label and at the bottom of the back side of individual packages.
No illnesses have been reported to date. The recall was the result of the firm’s routine sampling program and Listeria monocytogenes was detected in an in-process shrimp sample in a food production environment. The company has ceased the distribution of the product as it continues a thorough root cause investigation as to what caused the problem.
Consumers who have purchased the affected product are urged to return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company via e-mail sent to Andrew@bornstein.com.
