FDA Warns Consumers About Potentially Contaminated Cheese
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat
Queso Fresco Fresh Cheese Mexican style soft cheese (two specific lots) or any Queso Cotija Molido
Mexican style grated cheese manufactured and distributed by Peregrina Cheese Corp. of New York City.
These products could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The company is recalling two lots of its
Queso Fresco Fresh Cheese Mexican style soft cheese and one lot of its Queso Cotija Molido Mexican style
grated cheese. The Queso Fresco Fresh Cheese comes in a 14-ounce foil wrapped packages marked with lot
number 4469 or 4477 affixed to each package on a white sticker and bearing UPC number 8 17424 00024
6 and Plant # 36-8431. The Queso Cotija Molido Cheese comes in 15-ounce clear plastic bags that are
marked with UPC number 8 17424 00027 7 and Plant # 36-1388, but do not contain a lot number or
production date.
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