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Article: French and Swiss Fight About Tainted Cheese - New York Times
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- January 1, 1988
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LEAD: Two of the world's proudest makers of cheese, the French and the Swiss, are locked in battle over allegations of contaminated cheese. Two of the world's proudest makers of cheese, the French and the Swiss, are locked in battle over allegations of contaminated cheese. The dispute began last month when Switzerland announced that it was taking one of its most prestigious cheeses off the market: Vacherin Mont d'Or, a velvety, soft cow's-milk cheese that is a favorite for Christmas and New Year's feasts. The Swiss authorities issued the ban after the deaths of 31 people since 1983 were linked to listeria bacteria that were in Mont d'Or. The cheese is made in the Jura mountains, on both ...
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