Peregrina Cheese Listeria Recall – Peregrina Cheese Corporation, Brooklyn, NY, has been ordered to recall all products that were produced after March 17, 2009, due to the possibility of being contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The recall was enjoined by Eastern District of New York after six years of being cited for poor production conditions which might potentially contaminate Peregrina’s products with Listeria during manufacturing in its Brooklyn plant. The final straw came on July 20, 2009, when the court directed the company to stop manufacturing and distributing its products until the proper actions were taken to bring the plant up to the required sanitary conditions as well as other directives.
Peregrina Cheese Listeria Recall Information
The recall action involves the following products produced since March 17, 2009:
•Peregrina Cheese brand QUESO FRESCO Fresh Cheese, 14 Oz. (397 g) foil-wrapped package, Plant # 36-8431, UPC 8 17424 00024 6, all lot codes on the market produced since March 17, 2009.
•Chipilo brand MEXICAN CHEESE QUESO FRESCO – Fresh Cheese, NET WT. 15 oz. (425g), Plant #36-8431, UPC 8 17424 00028 4, all lot codes on the market produced since March 17, 2009.
•Peregrina Cheese brand QUESO HEBRA Queso Oaxaca, NET WT. 15 Oz. (425g), Plant #36-8431, UPC 8 17424 00026 0, all lot codes on the market produced since March 17, 2009.
•Peregrina Cheese brand QUESO COTIJA MOLIDO, NET WT. 15 OZ. plastic bags, Plant # 36-1388, UPC 8 17424 00027 7, all lot codes on the market produced since March 17, 2009.
•Peregrina Cheese brand Flan, NET WT 8 oz., Plant # 36-8431, UPC 8 17424 00026 0, all lot codes on the market produced since March 17, 2009.
•Peregrina Cheese brand GELATIN, NET WT. 10 OZ., Plant # 36-8431, UPC 8 17424 00031 4, all lot codes on the market produced since March 17, 2009.
•Peregrina Cheese brand CREMA MEXICANA Mexican Cream, Weight 16 Oz., Plant # 55-8991, UPC 8 17424 00030 7, all lot codes on the market produced since March 17, 2009.
The products were distributed to retail stores in New York and Pennsylvania.
About Listeria Food Poisoning
Listeria monocytogenes is pathogenic bacterium that 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.
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