Suitcase Cheese - Pathogens

• Listeria spp. detected from 4% (8 of 204) and one half were L. monocytogenes
• Mycobacterium detected in 10 samples
• M. bovis was detected from one panela-style cheese sample

Kinde, H. et al. Recovery of Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, and Mycobacterium bovis from cheese entering the United States through a noncommercial land port entry. J. Food Protection. January, 2007. 70:47-52