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Another Soft Cheese Listeria Warning

By PritzkerLaw

There have been numerous warnings lately about Mexican-style soft cheeses that may be contaminated with various different food bugs -- none of which should be taken lightly. The latest caution is a recall notice citing the possibility of Listeria monocytogenes in a Quesos Mi Pueblito product made in Passiac, N.J.

The Food and Drug Administration issued the company's press release, saying 14-ounce packages of Quesos Mi Pueblito Queso Fresco cheese may contain Listeria monocytogenes. The packages being recalled have a sell-by date of Sept. 8, 2009 and a UPC code of 2407710025.

No illnesses have been associated with the product, but a routine check taken by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services found contamination in a tested sample.

Quesos Mi Pueblito says the product is distributed to retail stores and wholesalers in New Jersey, New York City, Virginia and Delaware.

National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen attorneys has represented people who were infected by Listeria monocytogenes from adulterated food. An outbreak of Listeriosis in Canada last year killed 22 people. The bacterium can cause acute symptoms of diarrhea, sharp stomach pain, nausea, severe headache and fever.

Healthy adults often can overcome the disease with no treatment, but it can cause serious illness and death in small children, the elderly and others who have weakened immune systems. Listeria in Pregnant women  poses a special risk of miscarriage and stillbirth.

If you've become ill after eating Latin-style soft cheeses, including those sold by vendors in parking lots and streets, see a doctor immediately. Listeria infection is uncommon, but it is one of the deadliest forms of food poisoning and symptoms may not hit a person for 70 hours after ingestion.

If you or a loved one has been seriously sickened by Listeria or other foodborne illness, Pritzker Olsen will provide you a free case consultation via the Internet, if you submit our online form to our attorneys. We can also be reached by phone at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free).

Our law firm has collection millions on behalf of food poisoning victims and their families and we have been sought after as public speakers for our well-known public criticism of a U.S. food safety system that continually imperils people with contamination  that is preventable.

Full post as published by Food Poisoning Law Blog on August 22, 2009 (boomark / email).