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Tips to help manage food recalls and prevent foodborne illnesses<\/p>\n
About 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 people die each year from preventable foodborne illnesses.<\/p>\n
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A recall has been issued<\/a> for Cabot Creamery butter in seven states as the product has elevated levels of a bacteria that suggests fecal contamination was found.<\/p>\n Elevated levels of coliform were found in the company’s 8oz Extra Creamy Premium Butter, Sea Salted products, U.S. Food and Drug Administration documents show.<\/a><\/p>\n The recall covers 189 cases of the product, totaling over 1,700 pounds of butter. Cabot Creamery said in an email to USA TODAY Wednesday that only 17 packages of the recalled butter were sold at retail.<\/p>\n “Agri-Mark has identified the cause and has taken the appropriate internal actions to address it. No other products were affected,” Cabot Creamery’s parent company Agri-Mark said in a statement Wednesday.<\/p>\n The recall was marked as Class III recall by the FDA, meaning that it believes the affected products are, “not likely to cause adverse health consequences.” Cabot Creamery said in an email that have been no reports of illness or consumer complaints.<\/p>\n Here’s what you need to know about the Cabot Creamery Butter recall.<\/p>\n Butter recalled in 7 states<\/p>\n FDA documents show that the recalled butter was sent to the following states:<\/p>\n Cabot Creamery said that “99.5% of the product was recovered before reaching consumers.” The company said that the recalled butter that made it to store shelves was sold in Vermont.<\/p>\n How to identify the recalled butter<\/p>\n The recalled butter is packaged as two\u00a04-ounce sticks in cardboard shells.<\/p>\n The packages are marked with:<\/p>\n What is coliform?<\/p>\n Coliform is a group of bacteria that is found in the feces of mammals, according to the Washington State Department of Health.<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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