Mi Pueblito Queso Fresco Soft Mexican Cheese Recalled Due To Listeria Contamination
Passaic, NJ-based Puebla Foods Inc. said it is recalling its Mi Pueblito Queso Fresco soft Mexican cheese because of possible listeria contamination.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the recalled cheese, sold in a clear plastic 14-ounce packages with a "Sell by Date" of "09/08/09" may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections.
The recalled cheese was distributed in the New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and Virginia.
Consumers can return the recalled cheese for a refund or contact the company at 973-473-4494.
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Read through and enter the discussion by using the form at the endJerry Miller - September 20, 2011 9:46 PM
When I was in biology class 60 years ago I grew some bacteria in petri dishes by placing objects like coins, human hair, or other common items. They grew little white bundles of bacteria.
I saw similar bundles on a cheese that came from an organic food chain, imported from Spain with sheep's milk. Because of Mexican food scares I will throw away this cheese -- better to be out $8 than sick.
Still, I wonder what the listeria or other tainted cheeses look like. Isn't cheese supposed to be MOLDY? Isn't blue cheese -- moldy cheese? Are there any tests or guidelines about suspicious cheese e coli or whatever?