Listeria Fear: Ham, Pepperoni Recalled In Newark

NEWARK, CA — Federal food inspectors say Perdue Premium Meat Company is recalling nearly a quarter million pounds of fully cooked ham and pepperoni products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, which can be deadly.

The products were shipped nationwide and sold online. Several Bay Area supermarkets, including here in Newark, sell the recalled brands.

So far, no one has reported being sickened by the contamination, which was identified through routine product sampling, officials said.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Services, the products were produced on various dates and shipped with several labels, but all have the same establishment number — "EST. M10125" — inside their USDA inspection marks.

The products include:

• ALEXANDER & HORNUNG Boneless Ham
• ALEXANDER & HORNUNG 1/4 Boneless Ham
• ALEXANDER & HORNUNG Glazed | Fully Cooked Spiral Sliced Honey Ham
• ALEXANDER & HORNUNG 1/2 Spiral Honey Glazed Ham
• ALEXANDER & HORNUNG Spiral Sliced Smoked Ham
• ALEXANDER & HORNUNG 1/2 Spiral Sliced Ham w/ Glaze
• ALEXANDER & HORNUNG Super Trim Bone-In Ham Steak
• ALEXANDER & HORNUNG Bone In Ham Steak Ham
• ALEXANDER & HORNUNG Fully Cooked | Ready to Eat Ham
• ALEXANDER & HORNUNG Ham
• BIG Y Bone-In Hickory Smoked Ham Steak
• BUTCHER BOY Boneless Fully Cooked Ham
• BUTCHER BOY NuVue Boneless Ham
• FIVE STAR Pepperoni
• FOOD CLUB Fully Cooked Spiral Sliced Ham
• FOOD CLUB 1/2 Spiral Ham w/ Honey Glaze
• GARRET VALLEY FARMS All Natural Spiral Sliced Uncured Ham
• GARRETT VALLEY FARMS 1/2 Spiral Sliced Uncured Ham Semi-Boneless w/ Glaze
• NIMAN RANCH All Natural Applewood Smoked
• Uncured Ham
• NIMAN RANCH All Natural Uncured Boneless Applewood Smoked Ham
• OPEN NATURE Spiral Sliced Seasoned Uncured Ham
• OPEN NATURE Spiral Sliced Seasoned Uncured Ham
• WELLSHIRE Wood Smoked | No Carving Required Spiral Sliced | All Natural | Semi-Boneless Cooked Seasoned Uncured Ham
• WELLSHIRE 1/2 Spiral Sliced Uncured Ham Semi-Boneless w/ Glaze
• WELLSHIRE 1/2 Spiral Sliced Uncured Ham Semi-Boneless w/ Glaze
• WELLSHIRE Wood Smoked | Semi-Boneless All Natural | Cooked | Seasoned Uncured Ham
• WELLSHIRE 1/2 Semi-Boneless Uncured Ham
• WELLSHIRE Wood Smoked | No Carving Spiral Sliced | All Natural | Semi – Boneless Cooked Seasoned Uncured Ham
• WELLSHIRE Whole Spiral Sliced Uncured Ham Semi-Boneless w/ Glaze
• WELLSHIRE Wood Smoked | All Natural Semi – Boneless Cooked Seasoned Uncured Ham
• WELLSHIRE Whole Semi-Boneless Uncured Ham

See all of the product labels.

Listeria bacteria can cause serious infections, especially for older adults, people with weakened immune systems, pregnant women and children. Anyone who thinks they may be ill should contact their doctor.

Symptoms of listeriosis, as the infection is called, include fever, muscle aches, headaches, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, convulsions and diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms.

In pregnant women, the infection can cause miscarriages, still births or premature delivery, officials said.

Anyone in the high risk categories who experiences flu-like symptoms after eating possibly contaminated food should seek medical care and tell their doctors about eating the contaminated food. The infection can be treated with antibiotics.

Officials ask anyone who may have bought the contaminated ham or pepperoni to search their refrigerators or freezers and throw away the products or return them to where they were purchased.