The Cheese Stands Alone

Posted on 27 August 2010 by JessG

Between eggs, meat and now cheese, it seems like nothing’s safe to eat anymore. The Brooklyn Paper reported that a cheese manufacturer in Williamsburg had to recall two products after workers in RI found a nasty bacteria in them.

“The Rhode Island Health Department found traces of bacteria that could grow into “Listeria monocytogenes” — which can cause serious and even fatal infections in young children and elderly people, or symptoms like diarrhea in healthy adults — in the Azteca Linda Corporation’s Queso Fresco white cheese and Queso Hebra string cheese, with a Sept. 11 expiration date.”

The bacteria apparently hasn’t aged to the point of danger, and the recall wasn’t demanded, but the Williamsburg workers decided not to risk it.

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