Over 200,000 lbs. of deli meat recalled in listeria outbreak

Published: Jul 26, 2024 Duration: 00:02:27 Category: News & Politics

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Intro >>> DEVELOPING THIS MORNING, WE HAVE A MAJOR WARNING FROM GROCERY STORES, MORE THAN 200,000 POUNDS OF DELI MEAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED AFTER A LISTERIA OUTBREAK. Listeria Outbreak >> EXPERTS SAY, NATIONWIDE TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED INCLUDING ONE IN NEW JERSEY AND IN NEW YORK, SEVERAL ARE SICK. JOHN DIAS IS JOINING US LIVE FROM FLUSHING, QUEENS WITH THE STORY. >> Reporter :GOOD MORNING. EXPERTS TELL US THE -- HAS INFECTED AT LEAST 34 PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET SYMPTOMS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AFTER YOU EAT ANY CONTAMINATED MEAT. EXPERTS PREDICT THE NUMBER COULD STILL CONTINUE TO GROW. JUST YESTERDAY ON FRIDAY, STOP AND SHOP TEMPORARILY CLOSED ITS DELI COUNTERS FOR DEEP CLEANING AND TO REMOVE CERTAIN PRODUCTS AFTER BOAR'S HEAD RECALLED MORE THAN 200,000 POUNDS OF DELI MEAT BECAUSE OF A LISTERIA OUTBREAK. THE RECALL INCLUDES ITS READY TO EAT LIVERWURST PRODUCTS AND OTHER MEATS NORMALLY SLICED AT YOUR LOCAL DELI. THE CDC SAYS AT LEAST A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE INFECTED IN NEW YORK, INCLUDING FOUR IN THE CITY AND TWO IN NEW JERSEY. OF THE TWO FATALITIES NATIONWIDE, ONE WAS IN NEW JERSEY. THE CDC IS URGING CONSUMERS TO THROW AWAY ANY RECALLED DELI MEAT OR TO REACH OUT TO YOUR LOCAL STORE FOR A RETURN. DOCTORS SAY THOSE WHO ARE IMMUNO COMPROMISED ARE AT Risk Factors GREATER RISK. >> THEY GOT A SEVERE DISEASE. WHICH CAN INCLUDE WHAT IS CALLED MENINGITIS AND INFLAMMATION IN THE TISSUES SURROUNDING THE BRAIN. OR, THE INFECTION COULD GO TO THE BLOOD AND CAUSE BACTERIA AND IN THOSE CASES PATIENTS BECOME SEPTIC AND MAY Symptoms END UP IN THE ICU. MORTALITY WILL BE VERY HIGH. >> Reporter :SYMPTOMS INCLUDE G.I. ISSUES, HEADACHE, MUSCLE ACHE OR FEVER. AND IT COULD BE TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS. THE CDC SAYS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY INFECTED BY THIS, IT COULD BE HIGHER THAN WHAT IS BEING REPORTED. THAT IS BECAUSE THEY SAY MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO NOT NEED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION OR GET TESTED. FOR NOW, LIVE THIS MORNING FROM

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