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After Deadly Listeria Outbreak, El Abuelito Stops Making Cheese

El Abuelito Cheese Listeria Sample Matches Outbreak Strain

After a Listeria outbreak linked to El Abuelito queso fresco ended two pregnancies and left one person dead, the company is no longer making ready-to-eat cheese, a spokesperson from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed to Food Poisoning Bulletin today. El Abuelito first halted production and distribution of its cheese on February 19, … Read more

Largest Multistate Food Poisoning Outbreaks 2015: #6 Listeria in Cheeses

The sixth-largest multistate food poisoning outbreak of 2015 was a Listeria outbreak linked to soft cheeses produced by Karoun Dairies Inc. Thirty people in 10 states were sickened after eating cheeses distributed by Karoun and sold under a variety of brand names.  Three people died and one woman had a miscarriage. The U.S. Food and Drug … Read more

Karoun Cheese Listeria Outbreak Ends After Killing Three

The Listeria outbreak linked to soft cheeses produced by Karoun Dairies Inc. of San Fernando, California has ended after killing three people, sickening 27 others and causing one miscarriage. However, because some consumers may still have the recalled cheese in their refrigerators, health officials are worried that others may become sick. The Centers for Disease … Read more

FDA Finds Listeria at Plant, Links Karoun Dairies to Outbreak

FDA inspectors found Listeria at a manufacturing facility where cheese associated with a a deadly Listeria outbreak is made. Genomic testing has revealed that the strain found in samples taken from the plant closely resembles the outbreak strain in those who became ill. An outbreak associated with soft cheeses produced by Karoun Dairies, Inc. of San … Read more

Listeria Illnesses Prompt Cheese Recall of brands Del Valle, Central Valley Creamery, Gopi, and Yanni

Connecticut Warns Listeria in El Abuelito Queso Fresco Cheese; One Ill

Karoun Dairies Inc. of San Fernando, California is recalling a variety of cheeses that have been associated with Listeria illnesses. Consumers who have purchased any of these cheeses should not eat them as Listeria can cause serious illness and death. Those at high risk of Listeria infections are young children, seniors, those with compromised immune systems … Read more

Queseria Bendita Listeria Outbreak was Shop’s Second in 5 Years

Queseria Bendita Listeria Lawsuit

Yakima’s Queseria Bendita “Blessed Cheesemaker” shop made Latin-style Queso Fresco, Panela, Requeson, Cotija fresh soft cheese products and sour cream that were sold on-site and in about 100 Hispanic grocery stores and other outlets in Washington and Oregon. Every one of those products was recalled last month after the Washington State Department of Health and … Read more

Listeria Outbreaks Linked to Soft Cheese

Safer Food Choices For Those at Risk For Food Poisoning

Listeria in Queseria Bendita cheeses has killed one person in Washington and sickened and sickened two others. A recall has been issued for the cheese made at the company’s plant in Yakima, Washington. Consumers who have purchased this cheese should not eat it as they risk serious, life-threatening illness if they do. Soft cheese is high … Read more

Listeria Outbreak Linked to Recalled Queseria Bendita Cheese

A Listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to Queseria Bendita cheese of Yakima, Washington has sickened at least three people. One person has died, and two people have been hospitalized in this outbreak. Those sickened consumed soft cheeses made by Queseria Bendita; those cheeses have been recalled. The cheeses were distributed to Hispanic grocery stores in Washington … Read more

Listeria in Queseria Bendita Cheese Sickens 3, Kills 1 in Washington

Listeria in Queseria Bendita cheese has sickened three people in Washington, killing one of them. A recall has been issued for the cheese made at the company’s plant in Yakima, Washington. Consumers who have purchased this cheese should not eat it as they risk serious, life-threatening illness if they do. Washington State health and agriculture … Read more

Largest Multistate Food Poisoning Outbreaks of 2014: #9

Roos Foods Lawsuit

The Listeria outbreak linked to Roos cheeses was the ninth-largest multistate food poisoning outbreak of 2014, based on number of people sickened, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Eight people in two states were sickened, one of them died. The outbreak was announced on February 21. Seven of the cases were … Read more