title: Notes from the field: listeriosis associated with stone fruit--United States, 2014.
abstract: On July 19, 2014, a packing company in California (company A) voluntarily recalled certain lots of stone fruits, including whole peaches, nectarines, plums, and pluots, because of concern about contamination with Listeria monocytogenes based on internal company testing. On July 31, the recall was expanded to cover all fruit packed at their facility during June 1-July 17. After the initial recall, clinicians, state and local health departments, CDC, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received many inquiries about listeriosis from concerned consumers, many of whom had received automated telephone calls informing them that they had purchased recalled fruit. During July 19-31, the CDC Listeria website received >500,000 page views, more than seven times the views received during the previous 52 weeks. However, no molecular information from L. monocytogenes isolates was available to assess whether human illnesses might be linked to these products.
authors: Brendan R
authors: BR
authors: Jackson
authors: Monique
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authors: Salter
authors: Cheryl
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authors: Tarr
authors: Amanda
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authors: Conrad
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authors: Harvey
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authors: Steinbock
authors: Amy
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authors: Saupe
authors: Alida
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authors: Sorenson
authors: Lee
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authors: Katz
authors: Steven
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authors: Stroika
authors: Kelly A
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authors: Jackson
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authors: Carleton
authors: Zuzana
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authors: Kucerova
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authors: Melka
authors: Errol
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authors: Strain
authors: Mickey
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authors: Parish
authors: Rajal K
authors: RK
authors: Mody
mesh_terms: D005516:Food Microbiology; D005638:Fruit / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology