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Chicken burritos latest product added to meat recall

Reuters News Service. Chicago, February 6, 1999

Thousands of chicken burritos made by a division of food conglomerate

Tyson Foods Inc. have been recalled, the latest instance of

contamination by the deadly bacteria listeria.

The recall affects some 78,000 burritos supplied to American Airlines at

the end of last year, according to a report in the Detroit Free Press.

Chicago-based Culinary Foods Inc., a unit of Tyson Foods, is a supplier

to airlines and also makes foods for restaurants, totaling about 50

million meals per year, the paper reported.

Listeria bacteria was found in burritos sampled in Detroit, the paper

said. When ingested, the bacteria causes a disease called listeriosis

that starts out resembling intestinal flu but can lead to death.

A number of food products have been recalled recently, most notably hot

dogs and deli meats made by Sara Lee Corp.'s Bil Mar Foods in December.

A nationwide outbreak of listeria linked to Bil-Mar's Zeeland, Mich.,

plant has caused 16 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention.

On Friday, meat companies in Ontario, Canada, and the Pacific Northwest

recalled hot dogs suspected of contamination with the potentially deadly

bacteria. Listeriosis primarily affects unborn children, the very

young, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. Healthy

people are not normally sickened by it.

At least one wrongful death suit has been filed against Sara Lee by a

man who's wife died of listeriosis.

Officials from Culinary Foods and Arizona-based Tyson could not be

reached for comment. According to the Detroit paper, Culinary Foods is a

major supplier to the airline industry, with its foods showing up on

almost all major carriers and foreign airlines as well.

Dallas-based American Airlines stopped serving all food from Culinary

Foods about a month ago after concerns arose, the paper reported.

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