Cheese sold at Aldi, Market Basket and more recalled due to listeria worries
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Soft ripened cheeses sold by retailers including Aldi and Market Basket are being recalled because they may be tainted with listeria, a bacteria that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, according to a notice posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The third leading cause of death from foodborne illness in the U.S., listeria infection sickens 1,600 and kills 260 people a year, the U.S. Centers estimates. The young, elderly and those with weakened immune systems are most at risk, and listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths, the FDA and CDC noted.
The recall involves seven types of ripened cheese produced at a facility in Lena, Illinois, where routine testing found equipment to be potentially contaminated, Savencia Cheese USA of New Holland, Pennsylvania, stated in the recall, which was expanded earlier this week. Listeria are hardy germs, which can spread in food processing facilities, where they are difficult to fully remove, health officials say.
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