FOOD SAFETY ALERTS : Michigan cheese recalled for possibility of Listeria
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A dairy in Dearborn, Michigan, said it is recalling certain cheese because they could be contaminated with Listeria and may have already sickened two people.
Green Cedar Dairy’s recall, posted on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s website on Wednesday, included All Natural Ackawi Cheese and All Natural Chives Cheese with a sell-by date up to July 1, 2012.
The Michigan Department of Community Health and the Wayne County Public Health Departmentare investigating two recent cases of Listeria infection in which individuals may have had exposure toGreen Cedar Dairy products.
These products were distributed to bakeries and retail stores in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.
Listeria infection, or listeriosis, is caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Symptoms typically include a fever, muscle aches and sometimes diarrhea or other stomach problems.
Pregnant women, newborns, older adults and those with weak immune systems are more susceptible to infection.
In the United States an estimated 1,600 individuals become seriously ill from the infection each year. Of those, 260 die.
Kradjian cheese recalled on listeria fears
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kradjian Importing Co is recalling 231 cases of Canadian cheese because they could be contaminated with listeria, the Glendale, California, company said.
Kradjian is recalling Cedar brand Tresse and Shinglish cheesesdelivered before November 13, it said in a statement on the Food and Drug Administration website.
The cheeses were distributed in Southern California to Mediterranean specialty markets, it said.
The two cheeses were made and recalled by Fromagerie Marie Kade, in Quebec, Canada.
The Shinglish cheese carries lot number 78546 10000. The Tresse cheese has lot number 78546 01000.
The listeria monocytogenes organism can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson)
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