The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is telling consumers to avoid products made by Parkers Farm Acquisition of Coon Rapids after ag department sampling found some of them were contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. No reports of illness have been received to date, but listeriosis can take up to 70 days after exposure to develop.
You can see the large list of recalled products, along with use-by dates, at the MDA web site. The products include Parkers peanut butter, Parkers jalapeno and pimento spreads, cold pack cheese, salsa, cheese balls and logs, Happy Farms cheese balls, cold pack cheese, and Central Markets cold pack cheese. Also recalled are Hy-Top cheese spread, Amish Classic cold pack cheese, Say Cheez beer cheese, Win Schuler cheese balls and logs, and Bucky Badger cheese spreads.
The products were distributed under the Parkers Farm, Parkers, Happy Farms, Central Markets, Hy-Top, Amish Classic, Say Cheez, Win Schuler, and Bucky Badger labels nationwide. They were sold at stores including but not limited to Hy-Vee, Cub, Rainbow, Byerly’s, Lunds, Target, Whole Foods, Price Chopper, Nash Finch, Costco, ALDI, Wal-Mart, and Brookshire.
If you purchased any of these products, do not eat them. Discard or return to the place of purchase for a refund. If you ate any of these products, monitor yourself for the symptoms of listeriosis for 70 days after exposure. Those symptoms include fever, severe headache, neck stiffness, confusion, nausea, and vomiting. Pregnant women can suffer miscarriage and stillbirth even though their illness is mild.
