Listeria

The CDC has issued a food safety alert on Big Olaf Creamery ice cream products following the multi-state Listeria outbreak.

Hence, it urged those with Big Olaf ice cream products to dispose of them and clean and disinfect the areas and equipment that may have touched them, especially ice cream scoops and serving utensils. The case count remains the same as on June 29, when the agency first took notice of the outbreak affecting at least ten states. The CDC strongly advised people not to eat, serve, or sell Big Olaf ice cream products.

Sarasota-based ice cream maker Big Olaf Creamery this weekend began to recall its ice cream from store shelves after public health officials linked those.

Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild, flu-like symptoms, their infections can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn, or even stillbirth. Six cases were linked directly to Big Olaf, according to a statement on the company’s Facebook page. The listeria outbreak is responsible for 23 illnesses — including 22 hospitalizations and one death — in 10 states.

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The outbreak has prompted two lawsuits against the company, one of them filed by the relatives of Mary Billman, 79, who died after becoming infected with listeria after consuming ice cream at one of the firm’s stores during a trip to Sarasota. concern that the products are still in stores. According to the federal agency, a total of 23 infections have been identified in ten states in the country, and 22 of those cases have ended with hospital admissions, in addition to the death of a woman from Illinois.

Big Olaf Creamery has agreed to a recall of its ice cream which means retail locations have to give the frozen dessert back to the production facility.

There has not been a recall of these products and Big Olaf Creamery did not recommend discarding any of the products." The recall does not prohibit Big Olaf locations from selling different ice cream, Redfern said. The recall came several days after a July 2 advisory from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention linked Big Olaf to a listeria outbreak that left 23 sick and one dead. The health department had previously advised Big Olaf to not sell its own ice cream after the listeria link was discovered, but several of the company's locations continued to do so anyway. There have been thousands and thousands of servings of ice cream since then. Listeria is a type of bacteria with many different strains.

A recent outbreak of Listeria infections is believed to be linked to an ice cream producer in Sarasota, Florida, called Big Olaf Creamery. The U.S..

Big Olaf Creamery is based in Florida with several locations in the Gulf side of Florida, four locations in Sarasota, as well as others in Venice and Lakewood Ranch. There are nine independent ice cream shops that sell Big Olaf ice cream. All this information helps them to determine patterns of consumption, in order to pinpoint a plausible carrier of the bacteria. A recent outbreak of Listeria infections is believed to be linked to an ice cream producer in Sarasota, Florida, called Big Olaf Creamery. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that there have been 23 people affected by the outbreak with 22 of these people seeking hospitalization due to the severity of their symptoms. One woman, Mary Billman, has passed away, allegedly due to the consumption of Big Olaf ice cream. In the case of this outbreak, Listeria monocytogenes have been determined to be the cause. In the case of the current Listeria outbreak, the vast majority (82%) of the people that were interviewed reported having eaten ice cream prior to becoming sick.

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According to the CDC, five people linked to the outbreak became ill during their pregnancy, and one person’s illness resulted in fetal loss. The agency tweeted Friday that Americans should avoid consuming Big Olaf products and throw them out if they owned any. On Friday, the Department shared a news article stating Sarasota, Fla.-based Big Olaf had agreed to recall its products.

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Eighteen of those patients have been interviewed by the CDC, ten of whom claim they had recently eaten Big Olaf branded ice cream, or they ate ice cream from a location that might be supplied by the Sarasota creamery. Details of the ongoing CDC investigation listed in the alert note six patients remember eating Big Olaf ice cream, or they ate ice cream at locations that might have been supplied by the Sarasota creamery. A spokesperson for the agency says they are very confident Big Olaf is the source.

The federal agency linked Big Olaf Creamery ice cream to the recent outbreak in Florida.

For people visiting stores and getting ice cream they should inquire if the ice cream is made by Big Olaf Creamery. People who have this ice cream brand should throw these products out, explained the CDC. According to the CDC, investigators were using the agency’s PulseNet system to identify illnesses that may be part of this outbreak.