Recall alert! There have been so many recalls announced over the past few weeks that I had to add a category to my blog site called “Recalls.” It’s nuts!
A cheese sold recently at Costco stores in five states has been preliminarily linked to an E. coli outbreak that has sickened 25 people.
The Bravo Farms Dutch Style Raw Milk Gouda Cheese was offered for sale and for in-store tasting between Oct. 5 and Nov. 1 at Costco stores in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada and the San Diego, Calif., area. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 25 cases of people sickened by E. coli O157:H7 in those states during that time. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the illnesses include 11 in Arizona, eight in Colorado, three in New Mexico, two in Nevada and one in California.
No deaths have been reported, but nine people were sick enough to be hospitalized, the FDA said. The FDA advised anyone experiencing symptoms to contact a health care provider.
Interestingly enough, my father-in-law who lives in Chicago was disappointed when the Gouda cheese that he bought at Costco went bad days after making the purchase. Coincidence? I think not!
SoCal born, turned Chicagoan, and now a new resident of Las Vegas, NV. Rick is 26 years of age and more than happily married to his high school sweetheart.