SABRA DIPPING COMPANY ISSUES NATIONWIDE VOLUNTARY RECALL OF SELECT SKUS OF ITS CLASSIC HUMMUS

Agency: Agriculture and Rural Development
 

This news release is being sent out as public service on behalf of the company.
For immediate release: April 8, 2015  
                                                                       
Contact: Ilya Welfeld, Seymour Public Relations, 201-478-6360, ilya@seymourpr.com

(April 8, 2015 Colonial Heights, VA)—Today Sabra Dipping Co., LLC announced that it is voluntarily recalling approximately 30,000 cases of its Classic Hummus due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. This measure is limited to five SKUs of Classic Hummus sold nationwide. To date, no other Sabra product is affected by this recall.

Listeria monocytognes is an organism, which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals 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 women.

To date, there have been no reports indicating that these products have caused any illness. 

The products being recalled are listed below and were distributed to retail outlets, including food service accounts and supermarkets, in the U.S. Consumers can find code and use by dates on the top of each package.