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Article: GEORGIA AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT FINDS CONTAMINATED CHEESE

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August 27, 2007
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The Georgia Department of Agriculture issued the following news release:

Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin announced today that Georgia Department of Agriculture food scientists have found Listeria monocytogenes in a sample of Ricotta Salata cheese collected as part of the department's food safety program.

The contamination was found in a package marked SELL BY 01/21/08. The brand name of the cheese is Locatelli and the importer is The Ambriola Company, Inc., of Jersey City, New Jersey 07305. The cheese is imported from Italy.

Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially serious disease. The most common manifestation ...

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