Stop & Shop Supermarket announces voluntary recall of Nature's Promise Alfalfa, Zesty Sprouts

Jul 31 2010

The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company has announced a voluntary recall of Nature's Promise Alfalfa and Zesty Sprouts because they have the potential to be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes.  Upon being notified of the recall by the supplier, Stop & Shop immediately removed all codes from sale of the following products:

• Nature's Promise Alfalfa Sprouts, 4 oz, UPC  68826704741
• Nature's Promise Alfalfa Sprouts, 8 oz, UPC  68826704102
• Nature's Promise Zesty Sprouts, 4 oz,  UPC 68826703903

The affected products were sold in Stop & Shop stores in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey.

To date, Stop & Shop has received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of this product. Listeria monocytogenes is a bacteria that can cause flu-like symptoms, like high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea.  Although healthy people rarely contract listeriosis, it can be very serious for those who are pregnant or those with weakened immune systems, such as infants, the elderly and persons with HIV infection or undergoing chemotherapy.  Infected pregnant women may experience only a mild, flu-like illness, but infections during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage or stillbirth.