More than 2 million pastries sold nationwide have been recalled for potential listeria contamination, according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report updated on Wednesday, February 5.
Some of the recalled products were sold at Dunkin’, according to CBS News.
The voluntary recall was concluded last month, according to FGF, the New Jersey company that made the baked goods. Nothing on store shelves today or in the recent past is affected, the company said, and the recall was issued purely as a precaution based on “non-product-related findings at one of [its] doughnut facilities in the United States. No doughnuts or food contact surfaces ever tested positive for listeria.”
The recall included 60 different products sold at Dunkin’, including:
Apple fritters and apple fritter doughnuts
Bavarian filled doughnuts
Blueberry cake doughnuts
Chocolate doughnuts rings
Eclairs
French crullers
Sour cream cake doughnuts
Plain cake doughnuts
Pumpkin cake doughnuts and Munchkins
Raspberry filled doughnuts
Yeast doughnuts and Munchkins
What Is Listeria?
Listeria is a bacteria that can cause life-threatening illness. About 1,600 cases are reported in the United States each year.
Pregnant people, young children, adults over 65, and people with compromised immune systems are more susceptible to serious illness from listeria.
Symptoms of listeria infection can include:
Fever
Flu-like symptoms, such as muscle aches and fatigue
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