Flying Food Group, an airline catering company, is warning passengers who ate an appetizer meal served on British Airways flights that they may have been exposed to Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. The meals were served on British Airways flights 0204, 0206, and 208 on March 19, 2014. The 41 appetizer meals were prepared at the corporation’s facility in Miami.
Listeriosis, the illness caused by the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, takes up to 70 days to manifest. Anyone who ate the Char Grilled Asparagus and Grapefruit Appetizer meal served on those flights on that date should monitor themselves for the symptoms of listeriosis food poisoning for the next 70 days.
The symptoms of listeriosis include flu-like fever, muscle aches, upset stomach, diarrhea, vomiting, stiff neck, headache, loss of balance, confusion, or convulsions. Pregnant women may suffer a miscarriage or stillbirth after a Listeria infection, even though they may only be mildly sick.
The average onset of illness after exposure is three weeks, so people could become ill as early as April 9, 2014. If you ate that meal on British Airways and become ill with the above symptoms, contact your doctor.
