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 About 6,700 pizzas sold under Wal-Mart's Marketside brand were
affected by the recall, a representative of the supplier said on
Thursday.
RBR Meat Company recalled about 21,220 pounds of Marketside Extra
Large Supreme Pizza that were shipped to retail distribution centers
in California, Nevada, Utah and Washington, the USDA said on
Wednesday. The product carries the code 20547.
Wal-Mart and the USDA said they were unaware of illnesses linked to
the pizzas.
The retailer said it started removing the products from its shelves
and inventory as soon as it received notice of the recall from Rose
& Shore, a food company affiliated with Vernon, California-based RBR.
The pizzas were available in California, Colorado, Nevada,
Washington state, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, Alaska and
Hawaii, Wal-Mart said. Sam's Club was not affected.
People should not eat the pizzas, according to the USDA's Food
Safety and Inspection Service. It said RBR discovered the possible
listeria contamination during routine sampling.
Listeriosis is a serious illness caused by eating food contaminated
with listeria bacterium, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC). The infection is most likely to sicken
pregnant women and babies, adults older than 65, and people with
weakened immune systems.
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An estimated 1,600 people contract listeriosis each year and about
260 die, according to the CDC.
In an unrelated case, the CDC is investigating a multistate outbreak
of listeriosis linked to the consumption of soft raw milk cheese
made by Vulto Creamery that has led to two deaths.
(Reporting by Tom Polansek and Nandita Bose in Chicago; Editing by
Matthew Lewis)
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