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Mike Wehner
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- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is currently tracking a multi-state outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes with an unknown source.
- Individuals that have fallen ill with a Listeria infection recently ate various types of Hispanic-style cheeses, though no one brand or type of cheese has been pinned as the culprit.
- The number of reported infections is quite small, but all of the people who have fallen ill with this strain of Listeria have had to be hospitalized.
Oftentimes when a food contamination issue pops up it's immediately clear that there's a single brand or distributor that must be the source. Sometimes, however, people will fall ill with the same strain of bacteria despite eating different brands of food, and that makes the FDA's job a little bit harder, necessitating a more in-depth investigation to discover the source of the contamination that is making people sick.
That's the case with a new FDA investigation into an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections across multiple U.S. states. Thus far, investigators believe that the issue stems from the consumption of Hispanic-style cheeses, both free and soft varieties, but no one brand of cheese has been isolated as the one that is causing people to get sick. The FDA just launched their investigation, so it may be some time before the source is found, but in the meantime, it's probably a good idea to avoid the type of food that has been linked to the outbreak.
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If you have any of this cheese in your fridge, throw it out originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 15 Feb 2021 at 12:13:32 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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