Article: Holiday food warning: soft cheese consumption could be dangerous, Philadelphia lawyer says. (Edward L. Wolf)

HOLIDAY FOOD WARNING: SOFT CHEESE CONSUMPTION

COULD BE DANGEROUS, PHILADELPHIA LAWYER SAYS

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- This holiday season -- and every season -- pregnant women and the elderly should avoid Brie cheese and other soft gooey cheeses since these individuals are at special risk of contracting listeriosis, a disease that will cause severe brain damage if not caught in time.

So said Edward L. Wolf, a veteran lawyer in the Philadelphia firm Segal, Wolf, Berk, Gaines & Liss, who represented a woman in her 60s who became seriously ill after eating Brie. Cheese stored in the woman's refrigerator positively tested ...

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