How Does Listeria Get Into Donuts?

I know it can be found on produce such as cantaloupes, they sit on the ground as they ripen and pick up germs. But how can 2 million donuts be at risk for listeria and be recalled? I believe this is being done on purpose, industrial sabotage to the food supply.

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Heartlander · 80-89, M

Probably via dairy … cows eat the grass, where it then gets into the milk, cheese, butter, etc. Birds peck seeds in one field, then poop elsewhere. Donut shops/plants probably have some products that use dairy ingredients. Once the listeria is in the plant/kitchen, workers will find a way to transfer it to whatever else is made there’
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NativePortlander1970

@Heartlander Except that donuts don't have any dairy in them. Source: I have worked at Winchell's in high school and friends with one location's head fryer for decades.

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@NativePortlander1970 Thanks. I was thinking of the nearby Klrispie Kream (sp?) where you can see the donuts being made,a d where they also make cream filled pastries and other similar products, and was thinking that some used dairy ingredients. Watching the donuts and other pastries go through the hot hot oil still make me wonder how germs can survive, but the same workers may be working both ends of the production process, and maybe with cream filled pastries the cream may not be injected until after the hot oil fry, or the cream inside the pastry doesn’t get hot enough to destroy the bacteria, or maybe spores are hearty enough to survive.

Working at a donut shop in HS sounds like a dream job. :)

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