Illnesses prompt wide Whole Foods cheese recall
Source: AP
NEW YORK (AP) Whole Foods Market Inc. is recalling Crave Brothers Les Freres cheese in response to an outbreak of a bacterial infection that has sickened people in several states and killed at least one person.
Whole Foods says the cheese may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. It was sold in 30 states and Washington DC under names including Les Freres and Crave Brothers Les Freres. The cheese was cut and packaged in clear plastic wrap and sold with Whole Foods Market scale labels. The company is posting signs in its stores to inform customers about the recall.
Officials said cases have been identified in at least three states. Public health officials in Illinois said Wednesday that one resident became sick after eating contaminated cheese in May. Minnesota officials said Thursday that one elderly person in the state died and another was hospitalized after illnesses linked to the cheese. Both of those illnesses happened in June.
Listeria can lead to severe illness for women who are pregnant or people who have weakened immune systems. In healthy individuals, it can cause symptoms including high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
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Melinda
(5,465 posts)Then I read one person has died and many are ill, and my selfish desire quickly turned to shame.
Can anyone imagine what would happen if the FDA were done away with as the right wishes? I shudder to think.
I hope those affected get well very, very soon.
Cha
(297,723 posts)We don't have a Whole Foods on Island nor do I eat cheese anymore.. but, there are going to be more than a few peeps who need to know this.
TexasTowelie
(112,453 posts)this sitting in the refrigerator. I hope that getting the news out will help prevent some suffering.
obama2terms
(563 posts)Thanks for the warning!
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Why are they all trying to kill us?
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)vinny9698
(1,016 posts)Because the "free unregulated markets" will punish Whole Foods by losing customers. But you can not force Whole Foods to pull if off the shelf. The free market will do it for you.
TexasTowelie
(112,453 posts)the people at Whole Foods are free to give the cheese away at their markets.
You can't have any of those pesky lawsuits if everyone has ate the evidence...
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)K&R