Double-check which hot dogs you’re serving before your next big summer cookout — they might be contaminated with listeria.
Altus, Oklahoma-based Bar-S Foods Company is recalling about 372,684 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken and pork hot dog and corn dog products due to possible listeria contamination.
The affected products, produced on July 10, 11, 12 and 13 of this year, have “EST. P-81A” written inside the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s inspection seal and were distributed to retailers throughout the U.S. The full list of recalled products can be found in the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service’s press release.
Test results to confirm listeria aren’t in yet, but the company issued the recall to err on the side of caution. The government says no reports of illness have been linked to the products yet.
Still, the agency recommends not eating recalled products, which should be thrown away or returned to stores.
Listeria is a bacteria that can lead to listeriosis, an infection that most commonly affects older adults, pregnant women and newborns and those with weakened immune system. Those infected can be treated with antibiotics.
Listeriosis symptoms include fever, muscle aches, headache and diarrhea. If an invasive infection occurs in a pregnant woman — moving outside of the gastrointestinal tract — it could lead to miscarriage, premature delivery, stillbirth or a deadly infection.
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