About two million baked items, together with some doughnuts and low rolls bought at Dunkin’, have been recalled over considerations of potential contamination with the micro organism Listeria monocytogenes, federal security regulators mentioned.

The producer FGF Manufacturers, which distributes baked items in america and Canada, issued the voluntary recall due to the “potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes,” in keeping with a report launched on Wednesday by the Meals and Drug Administration.

The recalled merchandise embody a mixture of chocolate, raspberry and Bavarian doughnuts; French crullers; éclairs; and low rolls. A number of the items have been bought at Dunkin’, and have been produced earlier than Dec. 13, 2024, the F.D.A. mentioned. The suspected supply of the contamination was not recognized.

The recall, which went into impact on Jan. 7, was upgraded on Wednesday to a Class II, which is outlined by the F.D.A. as “a state of affairs wherein use of, or publicity to a violative product could trigger non permanent or medically reversible opposed well being penalties or the place the chance of great opposed well being penalties is distant.”

The company didn’t say what steps customers ought to comply with relating to the recall and didn’t say if there had been any diseases associated to the recalled baked items. FGF Manufacturers and Dunkin’ didn’t instantly reply to inquiries on Sunday.

Listeria is the third main reason for demise from food-borne sickness in america, in keeping with the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.

Infections from listeria, which is micro organism that may contaminate meals, are uncommon however may cause doubtlessly critical diseases.

Typical signs embody fever and complications. Most individuals who ingest meals contaminated with listeria don’t get sick, however pregnant ladies, older folks, newborns and other people with weakened immune methods can grow to be significantly ailing or die, in keeping with the C.D.C.

Annually in america, an estimated 1,600 persons are contaminated with listeria, and about 260 folks die from these infections, the C.D.C. mentioned.

The latest recall associated to listeria came about in December, when Braga Contemporary introduced it had recalled a single lot of packages of ready-to-eat broccoli florets bought at Walmart shops.