Listeria Test Positive at Eggo Waffle Plant

Posted by Fred Pritzker in Listeria Recall

A lab test for Listeria monocytogenes came back positive on a sample of Kellogg’s Buttermilk Waffles manufactured in Atlanta and the company closed the plant for deep cleaning.

The routine testing was conducted by the Georgia Agriculture Department on product that had not left the plant. But Kellogg’s recalled certain packs of Eggo Cinnamon Toast waffles and Eggo Toaster Swirls Cinnamon Roll Minis.

• The waffles have UPC code 3800040440 with “Best If Used Before” dates beginning with: Nov22 10 EA, NOV23 10 EA and NOV24 10 EA.
• The “Toaster Swirlz” have UPC code 3800023370 with a “Best If Used Before” date starting with NOV15 10 EA.

Listeria monocytogenes is a bacteria that poses a special risk to pregnant women because it can lead to stillbirth and miscarriage. Initial symptoms of listeriosis are usually flu-like. Most people are resistant to the bacteria and infections are uncommon, but outbreaks of the disease can turn deadly as Canada learned last year when deli meat made in Toronto became contaminated with Listeria, killing 22 people.

In the Kellogg’s action earlier this month, no illnesses had been reported in connection to the products under recall.