Give and Go Prepared Foods (U.S.A.) Corp., distributors of Uncle Wally's muffins and other pre-packaged bakery goods have announced a voluntary nationwide recall of certain muffin products due to the potential for the products to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
Stop & Shop supermarkets in New York, Connecticut and several other states have Uncle Wally's Muffu=ins recalled.recalled both mini blueberry and corn muffins for possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes,