California Cheese Company Recalls Its Burrata
If you buy Burrata cheese from retail outlets or at restaurants in Southern California or in the San Francisco Bay area, this recall is for you!
Fresca Italia of Brisbane, CA is expanding its May 30th recall of Burrata, a type of cheese, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
Healthy individuals may suffer short-term symptoms such as fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal, or diarrhea.
Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
The poison cheese weighs approximately 8.8oz and is packaged in a white and green plastic wrapper with the manufacturer’s name, "Caseificio Voglie di Latte" and the product name "Burrata."
ALL LOT CODES AND EXPIRATION DATES from this manufacturer are subject to recall. Previously, the only batch subject to the recall will be labeled with the expiration date of 24/5/2008. The following quantities were distributed:
* 606 lbs with the Lot Code 24/5/2008
* 661 lbs with the Lot Code 31/5/2008
* 490 lbs with the Lot Code 07/06/2008
There's a very small recall --130 pounds of various ready-to-eat chicken products--underway at Gourmet Foods, Inc., of Rancho Dominquez, CA. The chicken may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service. 
The violations of the federal Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations documented by the FDA pose a public health hazard because, without adequate controls, products made by Captain’s Select Seafood could harbor pathogenic bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes. Food products with these kinds of pathogens can cause serious illnesses in people who eat them.