Listeria Outbreak 2024 Recall List 2024. 10, 2024 updated 1:26 p.m. The recall was first initiated in july 2024 (with an expansion coming days later) after the maryland department of health, in collaboration with the baltimore city health department, collected an unopened liverwurst sample from a retail store, and that sample tested positive for listeria.

As of july 19, 2024, a total of 28 people infected with the outbreak strain of listeria have been reported from 12 states (see map). The recall was first initiated in july 2024 (with an expansion coming days later) after the maryland department of health, in collaboration with the baltimore city health department, collected an unopened liverwurst sample from a retail store, and that sample tested positive for listeria.