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(NaturalNews) HoneyBaked Foods from Ohio is recalling 46,941 pounds of turkey and ham products that officials fear could cause listeriosis -- a potentially fatal disease, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last Friday.

HoneyBaked Foods, Inc is voluntarily recalling the meat, including cooked, glazed and sliced ham and turkey produced between September 5 and November 13 of this year.

Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially fatal disease. Healthy people rarely contract listeriosis, but it can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea.

Listeriosis can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as serious and sometimes fatal infections in those with weakened immune systems -- such as infants, the elderly and persons with HIV infection or undergoing chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer.

The potentially infected meat products were sold at the company's retail stores and kiosks around Toledo, Ohio, and to customers across the country over the Internet and through the company's catalog, according to the company and the USDA. In fact, the USDA said it considered the situation a high risk to human health, but it has not received any reports so far of illness related to the meat products.

HoneyBaked Foods, Inc. has contacted catalog sale customers who purchased products subject to recall, as the company announced that the problem was discovered through the company's microbiological testing and catalog consumers were contacted shortly thereafter.

Consumers with questions about the recall should contact HoneyBaked Foods' company Customer Service Hotline at (800) 461-3998.

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