Personal Injury Law

FDA Shuts Down Cheesemaker over Bacteria

By Edward Bills

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered the shutdown of one of Washington state’s most well-known artisan cheesemakers due to bacteria discovered at the creamery that could cause serious illness. Agency officials conducted multiple inspections at Estrella Family Creamery this year, each time finding traces of Listeria monocytogenes, a bacteria found in animal feces. The agency said the company’s “sanitation efforts were inadequate.” The FDA asked Estrella to issue a recall, but the company refused.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on October 27, 2010 (boomark / email).