December 2007

“Got Milk?” Better check to see if it is produced by Whittier Farms and is distributed to customers in the greater Worcester/Shrewsbury area. Brand names produced at Whittier Dairy include Whittier, Schultz, Balance Rock, Spring Brook and Maple. Consumers were warned by the Health Department not to drink any milk products from Whittier Farms in

With all the E. coli outbreaks, Listeria has taken the back seat during 2007. The year’s recall list –a long one– maintained by the Food Safety & Inspection Service started with 290 pounds of listeria contaminated hog head cheese. That was on Jan. 3, 2007. The responsible party was Pap’s Louisiana Cuisine.

Two days later

Numerous media outlets are reporting that the North Carolina Division of Public Health has issued a listeria warning after identifying three cases of the disease in women in Moore, Durham and Mecklenberg counties and another potential case in Buncombe County.

Here’s where to go for the official word from Public Health.

Listeriosis is an infection