Caramel apples linked to fatal Listeria

[Kathi]

The moral to the story....make your own.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/19/health/caramel-apple-listeria/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
A sweet treat has turned potentially deadly for dozens of people in multiple states.

At least four people have died -- in a fifth case tests are pending -- after eating caramel apples that may have been infected withListeria monocytogenes.

Some 28 people have become infected with the deadly bacterium in 10 different states according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Listeria What you need to know

Of the people who have gotten sick, nine were pregnant. Pregnant women are 10 times more likely to get listeriosis after eating infected food.

 

[Via Cassian]

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[Kathi]

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[reba]

The moral to the story....make your own.

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[AirDancer]

The article stated:

Symptoms of listeriosis infection include muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, fever, and convulsions. Typically, symptoms begin three to 70 days after eating the tainted food.

How would anyone recall what had been consumed even 20 days earlier if one develops listeriosis? Somehow, it sounds rather off to say that the symptoms can begin up to 70 days after eating the tainted food.

 

[Kathi]

https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/listeriosis/fact_sheet.htm
How soon after exposure do symptoms appear?
Listeriosis has an extremely variable incubation period. It can range from 3 to 70 days, but symptoms usually appear within a month.

 

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[Lewis]

Now you tell me I just ate one