TENNESSEE: Sweetwater Valley Farms, Inc. recalls southern cheddar jack volunteer special cheese - (FDA)
December 6, 2007 – 8:49 pmhttp://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/sweetwatervalley11_07.html
Philadelphia — Sweetwater Valley Farms, Inc. of Philadelphia, TN is recalling Southern Cheddar Jack Volunteer Special Cheese because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
Southern Cheddar Jack Volunteer Special Cheese, Lot Number 539 was distributed in 7, 10, 15 ounce, and 5 pound blocks and through retail stores in Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, and Alabama. The product was also distributed to 48 contiguous states in gift baskets marketed by the firms website.
This product was distributed between September 19, 2006 and November 18, 2007.
No illnesses have been reported.
The recall was the result of […]
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