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Several brands of soft cheese have been recalled due to possible contamination with the deadly bacteria listeria. Savencia Cheese USA announced last week that seven of its brie products manufactured at a Pennsylvania facility may have been exposed to listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that causes the foodborne illness listeria. The seven recalled products include: Aldi Emporium Selection Brie ; Supreme …

Several brands of soft cheese have been recalled due to possible contamination with the deadly bacteria listeria. Savencia Cheese USA announced last week seven of its brie products manufactured at a Pennsylvania facility may have been exposed to listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that causes the foodborne illness listeria. La Bonne Vie Brie and La Bonne Vie Camembert were among the …

In recent years, pimping the bacteria in our intestines with probiotic foods and supplements has become an obsession with the health conscious. A study published in 2019 in Nature Medicine by scientists on Spector’s team at King’s College London identified 100 “good” and “bad” gut microbes and a number of species associated with increased visceral fat. “We found a clear …

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1400 pounds of cheese recalled in New York over fears of ‘Listeria’ bacterial contamination

The Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that 1400 pounds of cheese from Cooperstown Cheese Company, based in Milford, NY, have been recalled over fears of listeria bacteria contamination, New York Post reported. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, listeria bacteria can make their way into raw milk due to contact with animal poop or unhygienic conditions …