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Article: SWEETWATER VALLEY FARMS RECALLS TENNESSEE AGED SOUTHERN SHARP CHEDDAR CHEESE (YELLOW), SOUTHERN MILD CHEDDAR CHEESE (YELLOW) LOT #604
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 28, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Food & Drug Administration issued the following recall notice:
Sweetwater Valley Farms, Inc. of Philadelphia, TN is recalling its Tennessee Aged Southern Mild Cheddar Cheese (yellow) and Tennessee Aged Southern Sharp Cheddar Cheese (yellow) because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can ...