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Listeria Recall Warning - Sweetwater Valley Farms Lawsuit and Lawyer Information

Update: FDA has announced another Sweetwater Valley Farms Cheese recall. On May 15, 2008, Sweetwater Valley Farms recalled Tennessee Aged Black Pepper Cheese. Read more about the May 15 Sweetwater Valley Farm cheese recall.

FDA has announced a Sweetwater Valley Farms cheese recall due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, a dangerous pathogen that can cause serious illness or death.  Pritzker | Olsen, P.A., a leading food poisoning litigation law firm, is providing the Sweetwater Valley Farms recall announcement below as a public service. 

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FDA Announcement of Sweetwater Valley Farms Recall – Cheese Recall Due to Possible Listeria Contamination

Below is the FDA announcement of the Sweetwater Valley Farms cheese recall.  If you have eaten any of this cheese, you will need to watch for symptoms of listeriosis (Listeria infection) for as long as 70 days.  If you are diagnosed with listeriosis, please contact us regarding genetic fingerprinting testing, which will need to be done as soon as possible.   

FDA Sweet Valley Farms Recall Announcement:

November 28, 2007 -- Sweetwater Valley Farms, Inc. of Philadelphia, 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.

The recall was the result of a routine sampling program by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture which revealed that the finished product contained the bacteria. The company has ceased the distribution of this lot as the company continues their investigation as to what caused the problem


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