Food safety and intelligence service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a public health alert regarding the same to ensure that the public is aware that these products are unsafe despite the USFDA-approved mark.

The outbreak was brought to the notice of FSIS by the establishments themselves who revealed that the dairy they used for production of their other food product might have been contaminated with listeria.

To date since 2014, 26 cases of listeria infection have been confirmed across 11 states of the USA.

Concerns against which FSIS has released its alert include:

The recalled products include:

However, the FDA investigation into this recent listeria outbreak is ongoing and no confirmed reports of right adverse health event following consumption have been received yet as it takes up to 4 weeks to determine if a case is part of an outbreak.