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Listeria Found Inside New Jersey Cheese Plant

By Dan Flynn on April 7, 2011

Queseria Chipilo’s recall last August of Oaxaca String, Queso Fresco, and Queso Fresco Hoja De Plátano cheeses due to Listeria contamination was only the tip of the pathogen iceberg.

The Passaic, NJ-based company opted to temporarily close, placed an embargo on all its cheese products and ultimately destroyed all its production. No…

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Listeria Found Inside Brooklyn Cheese Facility

By Dan Flynn on January 19, 2011

Last summer Brooklyn’s Azteca Linda Corp. was busy recalling cheese for Listeria monocytogenes contamination.  Now a new Jan. 7 warning letter from the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to Azteca Linda Corp. tells the rest of the story.

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Azteca’s Queso Fresco (Fresh White Cheese) and Queso Hebra (Fresh White…

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Queso Fresco: Cheese with a Reputation

By Eric Burkett on May 17, 2010

Are you looking for a tasty little cheese with an image problem?

It’s delicious in enchiladas, it complements black beans beautifully, and it’s a wonderful addition to salads. Unfortunately for queso fresco–that quintessential Mexican fresh cheese–it also seems to have a knack for attracting pathogens such as Listeria.

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Queso Fresco Recalled by WA Cheese Maker

By Dan Flynn on April 8, 2010

Washington State’s Del Bueno recalled packages of all sizes of its Queso Fresco Fresh Cheese late Tuesday.

Del Bueno, based in Grandview, is the third Evergreen State cheese maker to recall product for Listeria contamination since February.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture has linked at least one Listeria illness…

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Another Cheese Recall in Washington State

By Dan Flynn on February 21, 2010

Queso Fresco, Panela, and Requeson cheeses were recalled Friday by Yakima, WA-based Queseria Bendita.

The three cheeses may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, especially in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

Symptoms include high…

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Report Lists Familiar Products in Recalls

By Dan Flynn on February 6, 2010

All the familiar items are found on this week’s Enforcement Report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  Peanuts and pistachios, bad cheese, undeclared milk are all included in this week’s report.

Without further delay, here’s everything on the report from the Class 1 Foods category:

PRODUCT


1) Mi…

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