The move is being done as a precaution after 24 illnesses were reported across the US , including the death of a unborn child.
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Fourteen of the Listeria patients lived in California, and there have also been cases in Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Tennessee and Washington.
The cases, reported from nine states over a five-year period, are associated with cheeses produced by Karoun Dairies, Inc. of San Fernando, California which have been recalled. “The investigation is ongoing”.
According to the CDC, nearly two-thirds of those who became ill are of Middle Eastern or Eastern European descent or shopped at Middle Eastern-style markets.
“The investigation has not conclusively recognized the supply of this outbreak, however most unwell individuals interviewed reported consuming soft cheese earlier than turning into sick”.
The CDC stated that 5 of the sicknesses have been in pregnant ladies, and one resulted in a fetal loss. The person in the most recent case fell ill on August 24. These products bear a variety of brand names (Arz, Central Valley Creamery, Gopi, Karoun, Queso Del Valle, and Yanni) and are packed in several forms of vacuum-packed containers and sizes with many different expiration dates.
The agency discovered the illnesses as it was tracking a handful of listeria cases this summer. While the sequencing has been a staple of medical research, it has only recently been used regularly to track listeria outbreaks.
None of its products have tested positive for Listeria.
In response, of course, Karoun Dairies said, in a news release, they are “working closely with FDA to continue to investigate the problem further”.
Listeria primarily impacts the aged, individuals with compromised immune methods, and pregnant ladies and their new child infants.
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“We’ll take whatever action necessary to make the public’s health a number one priority”, Rostom Baghdassarian, Karoun Dairies chief operating officer, commented. The cheese was sold at stores in Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville. It might trigger fever, muscle aches and gastrointestinal signs and may be deadly. But it does not specify which cheeses are sold at which stores.
