The recall from TreeHouse Foods of frozen waffle products sold in stores throughout the United States has broadened due to concerns over listeria contamination. The new recall includes all of the company’s griddle products, including pancakes and Belgian waffles.
The updated recall includes all products from a factory in Ontario, Canada. The products have been widely distributed across the U.S. and Canada to Albertson’s, Aldi, Dollar General, Harris Teeter, Kroger, Publix, Tops, Target, and Walmart. A full list of the affected products can be found on the TreeHouse website.
No illnesses have been reported that are linked to the TreeHouse Foods recall.
The original recall of the frozen waffle products was made on Friday after a routine testing of a manufacturing facility in Ontario. After detecting listeria, additional testing found that the bacteria could have contaminated more products. None of the company’s other plants have been affected.
Listeria infections can cause serious and sometimes fatal problems in young children, elderly people, or those with weakened immune systems. Fever, muscle aches, confusion, loss of balance, headache, stiff neck, vomiting, diarrhea, and convulsions are all symptoms of the disease. It also harms pregnant women and can cause birth defects and stillbirths. It can take a few days to well over a month for symptoms to appear.
This is the third listeria recall in recent months, with BrucePac recalling nearly 10 million pounds of meat in early October and Boar’s Head recalling 7 million pounds of deli meat in late July and closing its Jarratt, Virginia, factory in September. There have been 10 deaths and over 50 hospitalizations as a result of the Boar’s Head listeria outbreak.