> Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:56:40 -0500 (EST)
> From: ProMED-mail <promed@promed.isid.harvard.edu>
> Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Listeriosis, smoked fish - Australia (VIC, NSW): alert, recall
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> LISTERIOSIS, SMOKED FISH - AUSTRALIA (VICTORIA, NEW SOUTH WALES): ALERT, RECALL
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> Date: Fri 23 Feb 2007
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> Source: The Sydney Morning Herald [edited]
> <http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Listeria-scare-causes-food-recall/2007/02/23/1171734012842.html>
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> A listeria contamination scare has forced a Victorian foodmaker to
> recall its smoked trout mousse products after an elderly Melbourne
> man became ill.
>
> The 89-year-old fell ill after eating the Yumi brand of smoked trout
> mousse. Subsequent tests proved positive for listeria, Victorian
> chief health officer Dr. Robert Hall said.
>
> The health scare has prompted 200 gm. packs of Yumi-branded smoked
> trout mousse or dip with use-by dates of 10-16 Mar 2007, to be
> recalled from supermarkets across Victoria and New South Wales.
>
> "People should not eat this product and should return it to the point
> of purchase," Dr. Hall said. "The company is cooperating with the
> recall and has assisted us in the investigation."
>
> Department of Human Services spokesman Bram Alexander said the
> 89-year-old man taken ill fully recovered after treatment [with antibiotics].
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