According to the FDA, Reser’s Fine Foods of Beaverton, Oregon is recalling approximately 109,000 cases of refrigerated ready-to-eat products because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The recalled refrigerated ready-to-eat products were distributed nationwide and Canada.

The product is sold in retail and food service establishments. The packages will be marked with a Use-by-Date or Best By Date and followed by a plant identifier code of 20.  Products affected by this recall are listed HERE.

According to the FSISA, Reser’s Fine Foods of Beaverton, Oregon has recalled 12 products due to a possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The company announced that it is recalling the products, which are regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), that bear the establishment number “EST. 13520″ or “P-13520″ as part of the USDA mark inspection.

The products were sold in 27 states including Illinois and Missouri.  For a full list of products click HERE.

Listeria is an organism, which can cause serious and sometime fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and individuals with weakened immune systems. Healthy people may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant woman.