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On March 9, 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned consumers not to eat certain cheese products made and distributed by New York-based Peregrina Cheese Corporation.
The company is recalling certain products based on FDA sampling and analysis that detected Listeria monocytogenes in some of the samples. No illnesses are known to be associated with the products at this time.
Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that causes the bacterial infection Listeriosis. This illness can cause
These products were distributed in early February 2009 to retail stores in
Although FDA detected Listeria monocytogenes in only one production date of Peregrina Cheese Corporation's Queso Cotija Molido Cheese, the agency urges you to discard all of these products because they don't contain a lot code or production day code to allow you to distinguish between a product that is of concern and a product that is not of concern.
Call the Peregrina Cheese Corporation at 718-456-2391, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST.
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FDA Press Release
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FDA Bad Bug Book: Listeria monocytogenes
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Date Posted: March 11, 2009