15-07-2025
FDA Urgently Recalls Popular Vegetable Over Deadly Health Risk
FDA Urgently Recalls Popular Vegetable Over Deadly Health Risk originally appeared on Men's Fitness.
If mushrooms make a regular appearance in your meal rotations, you may want to heed caution.
LLK Trading Inc. has issued a recall of its 200 gram packages of needle mushrooms due to a potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes.
It's been labeled as a Class I recall—the FDA's highest risk level. According to the FDA, Class I is "a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death."
Listeria monocytogenes is a harmful bacteria found in environments like soil, water, and animals, and it can survive even in cold conditions like refrigeration. It often contaminates food during harvesting, processing, or storage.
Mild, non-invasive listeriosis typically causes fever, muscle aches, nausea, and diarrhea lasting a few days. Invasive listeriosis can lead to serious symptoms such as confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions, particularly in people with weakened immune the recall notice, the product is sold in 200-gram packages with clear plastic on top and blue, non-transparent bottoms. They were distributed to Bally Produce Corp. in Maspeth, New York, and sold at Datang Supermarket Inc.
The contamination was discovered through routine testing, which found Listeria monocytogenes in sampled packages. Since then, LLK Trading Inc. has suspended vending of the product while the FDA and the company continue investigating the contamination source.
So far, no illnesses have been reported.
People who have purchased the recalled mushrooms should not consume them. Instead, they are urged to return the product to the place of purchase for a full refund.
For questions, customers should contact LLK Trading Urgently Recalls Popular Vegetable Over Deadly Health Risk first appeared on Men's Fitness on Jul 14, 2025
This story was originally reported by Men's Fitness on Jul 14, 2025, where it first appeared.
