How To Tell If Your Food Is Safe After Recall

This article gives information about how people can tell whether the product that was recalled is now safe to be used. The first thing that people should do is to go on the food and drug administration website and find what you are looking for. If the date is still in the date of recall the product may still be contaminated. The one disadvantage is not knowing about a recall prior to using it the only thing one can do is return the product or discard of it. No matter is the product looks okay or is fresh it still may be contaminated.

The hummus recall showed signs of the presence of Listeria monocytogenes. Consuming such bacteria can lead to listeriosis, a serious infection. The symptoms of listeriosis include fever, muscle aches, and sometimes nausea or diarrhea. The most dangerous effect of this bacteria is If the infection spreads to the nervous system. It can cause symptoms such as headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or convulsions can occur.

If anyone who has consumed a listeria-laden food should let their physician know as soon as possible. This infection can only be treated by proper medication. This article completely scares me in that fact that if you consume a product without knowing there is a recall you may get ill. This now allows me to look deeply into what I consume and watch the news to always stay up to date. This will help me pass on information to others to eliminate further contamination.

People will need to pay more attention to what they consume in order to prevent such infections. Although, recalls are widely spread throughout social media and tv it is highly unlikely that everyone will see these recalls before they have already used the product. the only thing people can do is help spread the news right away. This makes more people aware of the problem that way stores are able to take these products off the shelves immediately.