After the Listeria scandal at the meat producer Wilke, with which three deaths are associated, there is apparently another outbreak of Listeriosis in Germany. As the "Bild am Sonntag" reports, a meat-processing company in Baden-Württemberg is under suspicion.
According to this, the dangerous bacteria of type Pi 4 were already detected in a production plant in the affected company in January. Two years ago, the Listerienstamm had been found there once during a routine official inspection in a food.
The responsible consumer minister Peter Hauck had "promptly initiated an intensive investigative activity of food control," said a spokeswoman for the authorities.
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According to "Bild am Sonntag", the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced that a total of 15 people from seven federal states had become infected with the Lister strain of this type; According to RKI spokeswoman Susanne Glasmacher, in two cases with fatal outcome: "According to the responsible health authorities, two patients have been reported as having died directly or indirectly from listeriosis."
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Listeria (Listeria monocytogenes) are bacteria that occur in nature. Only a few people get sick of the so-called listeriosis. In healthy adults, the infectious disease is usually inconspicuous or takes a harmless course with flu-like symptoms. The infection is dangerous for immunocompromised people and pregnant women. The number of diseases varies between 300 and 600 cases per year in Germany. On average, seven percent kill fatally.
In connection with the Listeria discovery at meat producer Wilke, the public prosecutor's office in Kassel investigates the director for negligent homicide. Three people died from the food and 37 others fell ill.
Another Listeria suspicion at "yes! Meatballs"
A further recall for suspected listeriosis reports the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety in relation to the meat manufacturer Fleisch-Krone Feinkost GmbH. In this case, it's about meatballs.
Concerned is the article "Gut Bartenhof Meatball Classic and Meatballs" with the lot numbers 97812 and 97813 and the best before date 05.11.2019. In addition, "yes! Meatballs" in the 500 gram pack with the best before dates 05.11.2019 and 20.11.2019.
The consumption of the products is strongly discouraged, they said. The goods with the designation "Gut Bartenhof" are at Norma branches in Aichach (Bavaria), Rossau (Saxony), Ahrensfelde (Brandenburg), Dettingen (Baden-Wuerttemberg), Rheinbollen (Rhineland-Palatinate) and Kerpen (North Rhine-Westphalia) delivered.
The "yes! Meatballs" were delivered according to data from lebensmittelwarnung.de in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia.