CALIFORNIA: Arrests drain bathtub cheese sellers - (Central Valley Business Times)
October 24, 2007 – 8:18 pmThe California Department of Food and Agriculture was cited as saying that a Southern California couple is facing criminal charges after allegedly being caught with 375 pounds of bathtub cheese at an open-air market in San Bernardino County.
The story says that the illegal soft cheese products are known to cause serious illness such as listeria, salmonella or E. coli.
Floribel Hernandez Cuenca, 29, and Manuel Martin Sanchez Garrido, 44, of Montclair, were arrested for selling a variety of unlicensed cheeses to the public. Ms. Cuenca was also arrested on felony cheese making charges.
The 375 pounds of seized illegal cheese included panela, queso fresco and queso oxaca varieties, the CDFA says. It was a significant find, the department says.
Illegally produced is cheese is serious threat to public health, says CDFA Secretary A.G. Kawamura.
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