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Whole Foods recalling specialty cheese; may have listeria contamination (sold in NY and FL)

Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Feb 16 19:18:49 2016, in response to Whole Foods in Ottawa, Canada charged for having location open on Good Friday, posted by Olog-hai on Mon Apr 20 15:07:44 2015.

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Feb 16, 2016 6:38 PM EST

Whole Foods recalling specialty cheese sold in NY, Florida

Whole Foods is recalling a cheese sold in one store in Florida and another in New York City because it may cause potentially fatal food poisoning.

Spokeswoman Liz Burkhart said in a news release Tuesday that the upscale Texas-based chain is recalling "Pecorino Aged Cheese in Walnut Leaves" sold in West Palm Beach, Florida, and the Bowery section of New York City.

The cheese may be contaminated with listeria, a bacteria that can be fatal to young, old or frail people and cause stillbirths.

The Bowery cheese has labels beginning with the code 294239 and sell-by dates from March 3 to 8. The Florida cheese has the code 290107 and sell-by dates from Feb. 29 to March 8.

Burkhart says customers should throw out the cheese and bring in their receipt for a refund.

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