Now there is a cheese recall

[bonvivant]

Morningland Dairy of Mountain View, Missouri, is recalling 68,957 pounds of
cheese because it may be contaminated with *Listeria monocytogenes *and also
has the potential to be contaminated with *Staphylococcus aureus*.

Morningland Dairy’s raw milk cheese is sold in the lower 48 states via mail
order, retail stores, crop sharing associations, and direct delivery. The
cheese is packaged in vacuum-sealed plastic packages that are sold as random
weight size retail packages. The specific varieties of cheese are sold under
the following brand names and flavors:

*Morningland Dairy Raw Milk Cheese (from cow milk): *Colby, Hot Pepper
Colby, Garlic Colby, Italian Colby, Dill Colby, No-Salt Added Mild Cheddar,
Mild Cheddar, Medium Sharp Cheddar, Sharp Cheddar.

*Ozark Hill Farms Raw Goat Milk Cheese:* Colby, Hot Pepper Colby, Italian
Colby, Garlic ‘N’ Chive Colby, Mild Cheddar, Medium Sharp Cheddar, Sharp
Cheddar.

The codes affected by the recall are handwritten on the front of the label,
and range from A10 (representing January 1, 2010) through F250 (representing
June 25, 2010).

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm224494.htm

http://www.morninglanddairy.com/

This is not a standard commercial farm.

 

[lrayburn]

True but it is raw milk cheese. The vast majority of cheese processed and sold in the US is NOT raw milk cheese.

 

[dixiedog6]

Thanks for passing along the info.

 

[5$footlong]

Damn scaremongerers