The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday the agencies were investigating a multi-state outbreak of listeria infections linked to frozen supplemental shakes manufactured by Prairie Farms Dairy Inc.
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Investigators suspect nutritional shakes manufactured by a Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. facility in Fort Wayne are responsible for a listeria outbreak that has killed 12.
The FDA says an onsite investigation at Prairie Farms Dairy revealed three environmental swabs taken in the processing area tested positive for listeria monocytogenes.
A range of milkshakes have been recalled after they were linked to 11 deaths and dozens of serious illnesses, many of them in long-term care homes and hospitals, the FDA confirmed on Friday.