Cheese Recalled Over Listeria, Staph Concerns

WASHINGTONMorningland Dairy, headquartered in Mountain View, Mo., is recalling 68,957 pounds of cheese after a random sampling revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Aug. 31.

The recall involves Morningland Dairy Raw Milk Cheese in colby, hot pepper colby, garlic colby, Italian colby, dill colby, no-salt added mild cheddar, mild cheddar, medium sharp cheddar and sharp cheddar varieties; and Ozark Hill Farms Raw Goat Milk Cheese in colby, hot pepper colby, Italian colby, garlic n chive colby, mild cheddar, medium sharp cheddar and sharp cheddar varieties.

Morningland Dairys raw milk cheese is sold in the continental U.S. via mail order, retail stores, crop sharing associations and direct delivery. The cheese is packaged in vacuum-sealed plastic packages that are sold as random weight size retail packages. The codes affected by the recall are handwritten on the front of the label, and range from A10 (Jan. 1, 2010) through F250 (June 25, 2010).

Morningland Dairy has suspended the production and distribution of all cheese pending an investigation.

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