Hundreds of frozen waffles from Kodiak, Target, Walmart recalled due to potential listeria contamination

Hundreds of stiff waffles person been recalled owed perchance containing nan deadly bug listeria. 

Illinois-based TreeHouse Foods Inc said Tuesday that it has expanded an earlier callback to see each stiff toaster waffles, Belgian waffles and pancakes made astatine a mill successful Ontario.

Affected products were sold astatine Albertson's, Aldi, Dollar General, Kroger, Publix, Target, Walmart, and others, nan FDA reported. 

Some of nan items see Best Choice 12.3oz Chocolate Chip Waffles, Clover Valley 12.3oz Buttermilk Waffles, Tops 12.3oz Blueberry Waffles, Good and Gather 12.3oz Homestyle Waffles, Good and Gather 12.3oz Buttermilk Waffles, Great Value 12.3oz Homestyle Waffles and Great Value 12.3oz Buttermilk Waffles. 

No listeria illnesses person been confirmed.

The update comes days aft TreeHouse officials issued nan first recall aft regular testing recovered listeria astatine nan factory. 

As of past week, 500 waffles had been recalled.  

The institution said Tuesday that accumulation astatine nan mill has been halted and that it will restart aft taking steps that see 'deep cleaning, sanitation, hygienic restoration' and different procedures.  

No different plants person been affected, officials said. 

Listeria, besides called Listeriosis, is simply a superior infection caused by eating nutrient contaminated pinch Listeria monocytogenes. 

It tin beryllium recovered successful moist environments, soil, water, decaying vegetation and animals, and tin past refrigeration and different nutrient preservation measures. 

Many foods tin harbor nan bug, but it is usually recovered successful unpasteurized milk, soft cheeses and ready-to-eat foods, specified arsenic prepacked sandwiches. Cooked shellfish, cured meats and food including sushi and pre-cut consequence are besides a risk.

Most group who eat nutrient contaminated pinch Listeria will not autumn earnestly ill. But successful immoderate cases, it tin origin disorder and seizures, miscarriage successful pregnant women, and moreover death.

This tin hap erstwhile nan infection spreads beyond nan gut and tin impact nan cardinal tense system, which tin lead to numbness and seizures. 

The CDC estimates that 1,600 Americans go infected pinch listeria each year, and astir 260 die. 

Kodiak, 1 of nan affected products, besides recalled its Power Waffles Buttermilk & Vanilla 'due to nan imaginable beingness of soft integrative film' past month.