--- title: Listeria Trace Prompts Recall of Sabra Hummus description: 30,000 cases have been recalled canonical: https://time.com/3815058/hummus-sabra-recall/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-09T12:41:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:15:58.532Z article:section: Health og:title: Listeria Trace Prompts Recall of Sabra Hummus og:description: 30,000 cases have been recalled og:url: https://time.com/3815058/hummus-sabra-recall/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9917566bd9a6944/6987ea43cd1bbaac066f8dc1/sabra-hummus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Delivery Operations With PepsiCo. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Listeria Trace Prompts Recall of Sabra Hummus twitter:description: 30,000 cases have been recalled twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9917566bd9a6944/6987ea43cd1bbaac066f8dc1/sabra-hummus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Listeria Trace Prompts Recall of Sabra Hummus > Sponsored content. 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Photographer: Paul Taggart/Bloomberg via Getty Images PepsiCo Inc. Sabra brand hummus are displayed for sale at a ShopRite Holdings Ltd. grocery store in Stratford, Connecticut, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011\. PepsiCo Inc. reported growth for the second quarter of 2011 partly due to the acquisition of Wimm-Bill-Dann, the leading dairy and juice company in Russia. Photographer: Paul Taggart/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Apr 9, 2015 12:41 PM UTC About 30,000 cases of a popular brand of hummus are being [voluntarily recalled](http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm441863.htm) due to possible Listeria contamination. The Sabra Dipping Company is recalling several versions of its Classic Hummus out of fear that it may contain traces of the organism, which can cause high fever, headaches, and nausea to healthy individuals and kill the very young and very old. Pregnant women infected with Listeria are especially at risk as it can lead to miscarriage and stillbirth. A random sample collected from a retail location in late March tested positive for Listeria, according to a press release posted on FDA.gov. No illnesses have been reported, but the company is urging customers to dispose of or return the products for a full refund. 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