Stop & Shop Alerts Customers to Voluntary Recall of Chang Farm Soy Sprouts

QUINCY, Mass., April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Stop & Shop Supermarket
Company is alerting customers to a voluntary recall by Chang Farm of Chang
Farm Brand 12oz packages of Soy Sprouts with a sell by date of April 19, 2008
and a UPC code of 00 29899 0100.
The product is being recalled because of the possible presence of Listeria
bacteria. Contamination with Listeria in food such as sprouts represents a
significant danger to public health.
Upon being notified of the recall, Stop & Shop immediately removed from
its shelves the affected product.
Customers who may have purchased this product from any Stop & Shop store
should not consume the product and should return it to the store for a full
refund.
Consumers should contact their healthcare provider with any illness
concerns. Consumers with questions about this recall may contact the MA DPH
Food Protection Program at 617-983-6712 or Chang Farm at 413-665-3341.
Consumers also may call Stop & Shop Consumer Affairs, Monday through Friday
from 9am-5pm at 1-800-767-7772.
About Stop & Shop
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, based in Quincy, Massachusetts,
employs more than 59,000 associates and operates 389 stores throughout
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, New York and
New Jersey.
SOURCE The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company

Faith Weiner, The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, +1-617-770-6025,
fwener@stopandshop.com