Acme Smoked Fish Products, Noah's Lox Shmears Voluntarily Recalled by Noah's Bagels in California, Oregon, Washington.ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1996--The two Noah's Bagels franchisees today announced a voluntary recall of lox trim sold by the pound, Noah's Lox Shmear shmear n. Slang Variant of schmeer. Noun 1. shmear - (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together; "he bought the whole schmeer" schmear, schmeer , and Noah's Light Lox Shmear after lab tests uncovered low levels of listeria Listeria /Lis·te·ria/ (lis-ter´e-ah) a genus of gram-negative bacteria (family Corynebacterium); L. monocyto´genes causes listeriosis. Lis·te·ri·a n. monocytogenes in lox trim supplied by the Acme Smoked Fish Smoked fish are fish that have been cured by smoking. Salmon is commonly cold-smoked to make lox, but several other kinds of fish are frequently hot-smoked, such as whitefish, herring, trout, mackerel and sablefish. Corp., Brooklyn, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . This voluntary action affects customers in the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Los Angeles, Sacramento, Portland and Seattle metropolitan areas. Although not aware of any reports of illness, Noah's initiated this action after independent lab tests ordered by Noah's on an unopened package of lox trim from Acme found low levels of the bacteria. Acme is a national supplier of smoked fish products. As an additional precaution, Noah's has removed from sale and is recalling all Acme whole lox. Noah's Norwegian Lox and Oregon Lox are supplied by other fish companies and are not part of the voluntary recall. Noah's has notified the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Acme and hopes Acme will join this voluntary recall in the public interest. Consumption of food with listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis Listeriosis Definition Listeriosis is an illness caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes that is acquired by eating contaminated food. The organism can spread to the blood stream and central nervous system. , a rare but potentially serious disease. In general, healthy people are believed to be at little risk from listeriosis; most vulnerable are pregnant women and those with weakened immune systems -- infants, the elderly, and the chronically ill. Customers who have any of the recalled products are encouraged to return them to any Noah's store for a full refund. Customers who ate these products purchased July 2, 1996, through August 5, 1996, may have been exposed to the bacteria. Customers who feel they may have been exposed and have further questions are encouraged to contact their doctor. Noah's 59 bagel stores are owned and operated by two franchisees, Noah's Pacific L.L.C. and Noah's Bay Area Bagels L.L.C. Noah's also distributes Noah's Lox Shmear and Noah's Light Lox Shmear to approximately 20 grocery stores in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay . CONTACT: Noah's Bagels Susan Gonzales, 510/749-1701 |
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