Mushroom shipment destroyed in UK due to detection of listeria
A shipment of mushrooms containing a bacteria known to make some people seriously ill has been identified and destroyed. "Several pallets" of enoki mushrooms sent to King's Lynn were found to contain listeria, which can pose serious health risks to newborn babies, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems. The mushrooms, imported through the Port of Felixstowe, Suffolk in
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