00:00Federal food safety authorities just issued a public health alert that every American with deli meat at home needs to
00:06hear.
00:07The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service has confirmed a Listeria monocytogenes cluster in Illinois, linked to Daisy Brand meat
00:15products' head cheese.
00:17Three infections have been confirmed in the state.
00:20Listeria was recovered from a previously unopened product sample, making this a confirmed contamination event, not just a precaution.
00:29Listeria monocytogenes is one of the deadliest food-borne pathogens in the United States.
00:34It kills roughly 1 in 5 people who develop serious illness.
00:38Pregnant women, newborns, adults over 65, and immunocompromised individuals face the highest risk.
00:46Symptoms can take days or weeks to appear, and begin with fever, muscle aches, and gastrointestinal symptoms, then progress to
00:54severe neurological complications.
00:56The recalled products include Daisy Brand meat products' head cheese and Daisy Brand head cheese hot, with a use-by
01:03date of March 26, 2026.
01:06Do not eat these products.
01:08If you have them in your refrigerator, throw them away immediately and sanitize all surfaces that contacted the package.
01:15If you have symptoms, contact your doctor now.
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