A Food Safety Recall Alert Has Been Issued:
Alpine Slicing and Cheese Conversion Company is voluntarily recalling “Edelweiss Creamery Premium Fondue Blend” because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
For more information on the food safety recall, read the Department of Human Health and Services Recall Alert: Alpine Slicing and Cheese Conversion Company Issues Voluntary Recall of "Edelweiss Creamery Premium Fondue Blend" Because of Possible Health Risk.
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