Warning issued on illegal cheese: SALMONELLA OUTBREAK:50 POISONINGS LINKED TO QUESO FRESCO

The Mercury News ^ | 4/3/02 | Barbara Feder Ostrov and Truong Phuoc Khánh

[NormsRevenge]

State health officials are warning consumers to avoid illegally produced queso fresco, a soft, white cheese popular with Latinos, in the wake of more than 50 reported cases of salmonella poisoning that have been linked to the cheese since January.

[NormsRevenge]

Bathtub Cheese Eaters..BEWARE!!!




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Norm

[contessa machiaveli]

first they came for our pot now it's our cheese, when and where will it end?

[newgeezer]

[GunsareOK]

...queso fresco...

I'm not surprised. All cheese makes me queasy--it's enough to gag a maggot.

[farmfriend]

Warning issued on illegal cheese

I thought this was going to be more comments on FRs new format.

[Grampa Dave]

Bathtub cheese warning!

[Rustynailww]

say it ain't so.

[camle]

first the cheese, then the moose...Hokey Smoke!

[CWRWinger]

Aren't third world standards just great? All cultures are not greated equal.

[CWRWinger]

Greated = created, whoops.

[End Times Sentinel]

My sister got sick when she bit some of that cheese…

Owl_Eagle

”Cheese Before Butter.”

[SpottedBeaver]

Aren't third world standards just great? All cultures are not greated equal.

Actually, you were on the right track. "All cultures are not grated equal."

[mc5cents]

All the more reason to stick with the tried-and-true.

[Cicero]

Actually, unpasteurized milk and butter and cheese made from it taste a whole lot better and are probably better for you. But you have to know and trust the source. Pasteurization is a necessary evil, mainly when food travels, when it is made in large factories, when you have a mass distribution system, and when you don't know the source or the middlemen.

In Vermont you can get fresh farm produce, but you have to know who you're dealing with. We have a quarter of a cow and half a pig in our freezer, and it sure tastes better than store-bought stuff. Same with fresh eggs and cheese.

[Hoosier Patriot]

``I only buy cheese from stores, with labels,'' Chavez said. ``I don't have faith in buying from homes. I don't know how they make it, whether it's clean or not.''

Oh come on. Live a little! What's the big deal anyway? Why, I personally would not think twice about purchasing some cheese out of the back of some guys car, or from that old lady down the street with a hundred cats.

The best things are always homemade!

Heck, there's no finer dining than homemade bologna that the neighborhood taxidermist makes, slathered with some mayo whipped up by old Mr. Jones from across the way. Washed down with an ice cold glass of Mr. Smiths fresh milk, which he jokingly refers to as "dogs milk." Hoo boy, what a kidder he is!

Yes sir, the best grub can always be found right within walking distance of most folks homes, they're just to high falutin' or finicky to give it a try.

Cast off those aspersions and live a little, and enjoy the bounty of homemade cheese!

[poetknowit]

Now cheese is being profiled! Will we never learn? It's no wonder we're hated around the world.

[Dakmar]

Stay away from the brown acid white cheese. It's a real bummer, man.

[Dog Gone]

I'm not supposed to buy cheese at a flea market anymore???

[Hoosier Patriot]

Flea market cheese? Never! It's not worth the risk. However, I have gotten some very good bargains on flea market oysters. Those same folks who turn up their noses at bathtub cheese are just too dense or something to take advantage of the good deals that can be had. Go figure.

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This authentic cheese should be the mainstay of every Celebration of Diversity....