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Peregrina Cheese Corporation of Brooklyn, New York, is recalling all products manufactured in its Brooklyn, NY plant from March 17, 2009 to the present because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections (listeriosis, listeria meningitis) in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

The recall action involves the following products produced since March 17, 2009:

• • Peregrina Cheese brand QUESO FRESCO Fresh Cheese, 14 Oz. (397 g) foil-wrapped package, Plant # 36-8431, UPC 8 17424 00024 6, all lot codes on the market produced since March 17, 2009.
  • Chipilo brand MEXICAN CHEESE QUESO FRESCO – Fresh Cheese, NET WT. 15 oz. (425g), Plant #36-8431, UPC 8 17424 00028 4, all lot codes on the market produced since March 17, 2009.
  • Peregrina Cheese brand QUESO HEBRA Queso Oaxaca, NET WT. 15 Oz. (425g), Plant #36-8431, UPC 8 17424 00026 0, all lot codes on the market produced since March 17, 2009.
  • Peregrina Cheese brand QUESO COTIJA MOLIDO, NET WT. 15 OZ. plastic bags, Plant # 36-1388, UPC 8 17424 00027 7, all lot codes on the market produced since March 17, 2009.
  • Peregrina Cheese brand Flan, NET WT 8 oz., Plant # 36-8431, UPC 8 17424 00026 0, all lot codes on the market produced since March 17, 2009.
  • Peregrina Cheese brand GELATIN, NET WT. 10 OZ., Plant # 36-8431, UPC 8 17424 00031 4, all lot codes on the market produced since March 17, 2009.
  • Peregrina Cheese brand CREMA MEXICANA Mexican Cream, Weight 16 Oz., Plant # 55-8991, UPC 8 17424 00030 7, all lot codes on the market produced since March 17, 2009.

The products were distributed to retail stores in New York and Pennsylvania.

No illnesses have been reported to date, but the incubation period for Listeria can be as long as 70 days.

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A Michigan company that distributes Mexican-style cheese in 10 states has announced a recall of five types of cheeses that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

• The recall, announced in a press release posted on the Food and Drug Administration's website, applies to all lots and all expiration dates of five different cheeses made by Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese of Reading, Mich.
  
  The products were distributed to retail stores and delis in the following states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin.
  
  The products were sold under the name 'Aguas Calientes' as follows:
  
  Queso Asadero -- 12 oz and 10 lb ball
  
  Queso Oaxaca -- 10 lb ball
  
  Queso Fresco -- 1lb and 8 oz
  
  Queso Requeson -- 1 gallon pail and 3 gallon pail
  
  Morral Adobera -- 3 lb packages

No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with the recalled products, but Listeria monocytogenes is a potentially deadly pathogen that carries risks of stillbirth and miscarriage in pregnant women. Healthy adults usually recover from a case of Listeriosis without medical attention, but the disease is dangerous for young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems.

If you or someone you know has been sickened with cheese contaminated by Listeria monocyctogenes, contact a food poisoning lawyer Pritzker Olsen Attorneys, 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free). Pritzker Olsen is a national food safety law firm that has recovered millions for victims of foodborne illness. It is one of the few law firms in the country practicing extensively in the area of foodborne illness litigation.

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Sweetwater Valley Farms, Inc. ofPhiladelphia, Tennessee is recalling its Tennessee Aged Southern Mild Cheddar Cheese (yellow) and Tennessee Aged Southern Sharp Cheddar Cheese (yellow) because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.


TENNESSEE AGED SOUTHERN SHARP CHEDDAR CHEESE (yellow) AND TENNESSEE AGED SOUTHERN MILD CHEDDAR CHEESE (yellow), Lot Number 604 was distributed in 7, 10, and 15 ounce bars retail stores in Tennessee and Georgia. These products were also distributed to 48 contiguous states in gift baskets marketed by the firm's website.


These products were distributed between October 18, 2007 and November 26, 2007.


No illnesses have been reported.

Read more about the Sweetwater Valley Farms Recall.

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