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Mexico’s queso fresco can cause serious disease

Crumbly, soft queso fresco — a type of homemade, fresh white cheese — is a signature favorite in Mexico that is now available in many U.S. supermarkets.

However, consuming queso fresco imported from Mexico could make you gravely ill, officials warn. And outbreaks of severe illness are continuing to occur on both sides of the border.

"It’s a problem that’s been going on for decades," said Dr. Stephen Waterman, a California-based medical epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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For the second time this month, a Norfolk food packer has voluntarily recalled its mixed fruit product.

The owner of Krisp-Pak tells Your NewsChannel 3 that one sample of the mixed fruit tested positive for listeria. Of the 49 samples sent out for testing, only one came back positive Monday. The samples were taken from Krisp-Pak on November 14th.

Local grocery stores have been notified. 40 Farm Fresh stores across Hampton Roads and two Super K-Marts, one on Military Highway and another on Holland Road, have pulled the mixed fruit from their shelves.

So far, there have been NO reports of anyone being sick. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, listeria is a serious infection caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.

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Nov 24, 2006 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Ohio-based company is recalling 46,941 pounds of turkey and ham products that officials fear could cause listeriosis, a potentially fatal disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday.

HoneyBaked Foods Inc. is voluntarily recalling the meat, which includes cooked, glazed and sliced ham and turkey, USDA said in a statement.

The meat, which was produced between September 5 and November 13, may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, which can bring about high fever, headaches, neck stiffness and nausea, USDA said.

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After HoneyBaked Foods Inc. of Toledo issued a voluntary recall for certain hams and sliced and glazed turkey breasts on Wednesday, officials decided to open their store on Merger Drive for part of yesterday’s Thanksgiving Day holiday.

“We didn’t want people driving up and saying, ‘They’re not here,’” Craig Kurz, an officer and shareholder of the company, said yesterday.

The business also will be open today during regular business hours.

Mr. Kurz said a handful of people stopped by the Merger Drive store in Springfield Township yesterday.

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Leftovers. Some of us revere them (especially at this time of year); others revile them. They can be the bane of an empty nester's kitchen -- or provide daily alternatives to fast food lunches.

My daughter called me the other night from her UConn apartment kitchen complaining that her father had suggested she buy a 20-pound turkey for a pre-Thanksgiving gathering of friends; now she had more leftovers than she could possibly imagine using. (At least it occurred to her that her friends should not be carrying leftovers around on a warm autumn night of bar-hopping.)

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Seventeen people in Los Angeles County have contracted the bacterial food-borne illness listeriosis, including two pregnant women who had stillbirths, health officials said Tuesday.

The number of cases — tracked between August and November — is nearly double the number reported during the same period last year, officials said.

The increase in cases does not constitute an outbreak, however, because they were not linked to a common source, said Dr. Jonathan Fielding, the county's director of public health.

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The F.D.A. came in and swabbed down Krisp-Pak's packaging plant on Southampton Boulevard on Thursday, one day after a sample tested positive for a potentially dangerous bacteria.

The company is throwing out 400 pounds of fruit that may be contaminated with a bacteria called Listeria.

The F.D.A. swabbed the facility from top to bottom and watched how Krisp-Pak workers clean and cut food.

Every time you cut a piece of fruit, you open it up to infection. If you slice into an apple, the bacteria can go from your knife to inside the flesh. That can make people stick. The owner of Krisp-Pak does not believe that' s what s happened in this case.

For the second time in two months, Paul Battaglia is trashing his produce and profit. F.D.A. Workers watched him dump about four carts full of fresh fruit.

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BOSTON --Boston Salads and Provisions Co. Inc. is recalling containers of cole slaw salad with sell-by dates of Nov. 9 and Nov. 11 because they could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a microorganism that can cause serious or fatal infections.

Children, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems are most susceptible to the infections. It can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. Healthy adults can experience symptoms including fevers, severe headaches, nausea and diarrhea.

The cole slaw was sold in 5-, 10- and 30-pound bulk containers and 1-pound retail containers. The salad was sold in supermarkets, delicatessens and convenience stores under the following brand names: Boston Salads & Provisions Co., Inc., Dietz and Watson Inc., Hummel Brothers Inc.

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A Norfolk-based fruit distributor has recalled packages of fresh cut fruit from supermarkets and military commissaries in Virginia and North Carolina after one package tested positive for a potentially fatal bacteria.

Krisp-Pak Company Inc. ordered the recall Tuesday after the food inspection section of the U.S. Army Veterinary Services told the company of the test result, owner Paul Battaglia said.

One package was found to have listeria monocytogenes, a bacteria that can cause fatal infections in children, the elderly or people with weak immune systems, Krisp-Pak said in a statement.

Listeria infection could cause short-term symptoms such as high fever, headache and nausea in healthy people, the statement said. It also can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

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BELLVILLE — A warning about ready-to-eat and smoked meat products at the Bellville Meat Market has been withdrawn, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Tuesday.

Last week a warning was issued after the health department found listeria monocytogenes as part of a routine inspection. Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause listeriosis. The warning was withdrawn after recent lab tests of samples from the market were negative for listeria, the health department said. Bellville is about 60 miles northwest of Houston, in Austin County.

From www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4301645.html

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