Earlier this month, health officials warned that shoppers at a Costco store in Lynwood, Washington had become sick after consuming the rotisserie chicken salad. In this blog we’ll dive...
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Oregon Firm Recalling Cheese Possibly Contaminated With E. Coli O157:H7
DPI Specialty Foods of Tualatin, Oregon is recalling Mauri Brand Gorgonzola cheese sold at Costco's in Colorado because it may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacteria (E. coli O157:H7), which causes a diarrheal illness, often with bloody stools. The recalled cheese had sell-by dates of January 13, 2011, and January 14, 2011.
State health department officials had found E. coli O157:H7 in an unopened package tested at the state health department's laboratory.
Read more here on the FDA website.