Haifa Smoked Fish, a seafood smokehouse facility based in Jamaica, Queens, has issued a recall after the discovery of Listeria monocytogenes in its cold smoked salmon and cold smoked sea bass.

According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), food inspectors at the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets sampled fish sold by the company. An analysis of the samples in a food laboratory confirmed the disease-causing bacteria’s presence.

According to the FDA, “Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.”

Infections in pregnant people can cause miscarriages or stillbirths. Healthy individuals can experience short-term symptoms, including nause

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