Caution

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Greetings Members:

 

Beware of those holiday celebrations offering party platter with

cheese.

 

Say no to cheese, and have a happy and healthy holiday.

 

Should you eat cheese containing a commonnly

found pathogen, you'll get sick many days or weeks

after ingestion, and not make the connection.

Suggestion: eat the crackers, pass on the cheese.

 

CHEESY NEWS

 

On December 17, 2003, the Food and Drug Administration

instituted a recall of 5,688 packages of cheese in

Illinois. The recall affects Margarita brand, Queso

Fresco, Mexican Style Fresh White Cheese.

 

See:

 

<http://www.safetyalerts.com/recall/f/02.2/f0003456.htm>

 

According to FDA:

 

" Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious and

sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail

or elderly people, pregnant women and individuals

with weakened immune systems. Healthy individuals

may suffer short-term symptoms such as fever,

headaches, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and

diarrhea from listeria infection. Listeria infection

can cause miscarriages and stillbirth among pregnant

women. "

 

IS CHEESE PROTECTED WHEN IT'S REFRIGERATED?

 

" Listeria organisms excreted in cow's milk escaped

pasteurization, grew well at refrigerator temperatures,

and were ingested by consumers. "

 

(New England Journal of Medicine, 1985, 312)

 

ISN'T LISTERIA KILLED BY PASTEURIZATION?

 

" Milk from cows inoculated with listeria was pooled

for 2 to 4 days and then heated at 162 degrees Fahrenheit

for 16 seconds in a high-temperature, short-time

pasteurization unit. Live listeria bacteria was then

successfully isolated from the milk after heat treatment

in 11 of 12 pasteurization trials. "

 

(Journal of Environmental Microbiology. July 1987)

 

WHAT ARE THE CHEEZE WHIZZES UP TO?

 

Robert Cohen

http://www.notmilk.com

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Pass on the cheese and crackers eat raw foods .... Eat Raw cheese and raw crackers Only

Lynda