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The FDA reports that Del Bueno of Grandview, WA, is recalling its 16 ounce packages of Queso Fresco Fresh Cheese because it could be contaminated with listeria.
Washington State Ag officials found the contamination. The product is only distributed in Washington and Oregon.

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It seems uncanny that Canada could have yet another round of listeria problems, but UPI reports that in routine testing of food from Eurest Dining Services, traces of listeria were discovered.
The company supplies meat to, among other places, correctional institutions in Ontario. The acting chief of health services for the province has warned those who [...]

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The Canadian death toll due to listeria food poisoning could be higher than officially reported, according to Torstar News Service.
Lack of blood tests in nursing homes and hospitals points to an even higher figure than the 20 known deaths. Blood tests have been denied patients at one nursing home even though a person died [...]

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Though samples from one of Maple Leaf’s processing lines are still showing positive for listeria contamination, after its other lines have repeatedly passed inspection, those meats have been cleared by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for distribution.
The company attributed the listeria, which sickened over 50 people and was responsible for 29 deaths, to a [...]

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Canadians, who have suffered over a dozen deaths to listeria from lunch meats, are not over the listeria scare yet. After the lunch meats, several cheeses were recalled due to listeria, and now it’s lunch meats again.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a warning against Dunn’s Famous smoked meat pouches, which are sold at [...]

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Canada is naturally a little wary these days of listeria, and especially wary of lunchmeat, which was the source of several deaths due to listeriosis.
Today, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced that Hygaard Fine Foods was recalling sixteen of its ready-made sandwich brands due to possible listeria contamination, which the company discovered itself.
No illnesses [...]

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Scientists in Britain have discovered how listeria infects babies in the womb, which could lead to a preventive medicine, they believe.
Though listeria affects most adults with just mild flu-like symptoms, it can be fatal for the unborn child.

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Maple Leaf Foods has reopened the Toronto plant that was responsible for the outbreak of listeria in Canada that took 17 lives and infected almost 50 people.
All of the machinery has been “deep cleaned” several times and has been inspected for any possible strains.

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Chicken from Canada that may be contaminated with listeria
A Canadian company, Inovata Foods, is recalling several thousand pounds of frozen chicken entrees distributed to several places in the United States. According to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the chickens may be contaminated with listeria.
Sold under the label “Discover Cuisine,” the chickens were discovered [...]

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Americans just love to close the barn door after the horse is out. And even though we swear that lightning never strikes twice we go around as if we are lightning rods just waiting for some kind of divine retribution delivered through the food we eat.
How else can we describe the fact that sales of [...]

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