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Listeria continues to plague food manufacturers this year

This spring, CRF Frozen Foods of Washington State recalled more than 350 of its frozen vegetable products sold under 42 different brand names after eight people became infected with the foodborne illness Listeria from eating the vegetables.

This June, the Food and Drug Administration informed Whole Foods that Listeria bacteria were probably present on food contact surfaces in a company food processing plant in Massachusetts that prepared ready-to-eat food. The agency warned Whole Foods that “your cleaning and sanitation practices may not be adequate.”