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Another listeria scare leads to cheese recall

Weeks after Jindi voluntarily recalled its cheese products following two listeria-related deaths, another cheese brand has had to pull its product from the shelves.

Binnorie Dairy has recalled its Duetto cheese product in NSW with a best before date of 21 February 2013.

An announcement by the company states that the recall is due to microbial (Listeria monocytogenes) contamination.

Binnorie Dairy is located in the Hunter Valley's Pokolbin vineyard district, and cheese can be bought through the area's popular Hunter Valley Smelly Cheese Shop. Other retailers, distributors and restaurants serving its cheeses can be viewed here.

Binnorie specialises in soft cheeses with the Duetto being a creamy marscarpone blended with gorgonzola.

Earlier this month Jindi cheese voluntarily recalled is products after reports listeria infections had caused one woman in NSW to miscarry, as well as the death of two people – one in Victoria and the other from Tasmania.

In a guest post on Food mag, HACCP Australia's Martin Stone and Michael Lincoln from Liberty International Underwriters give an insight into how food manufacturers can effectively manage a food recall, and how to minimise costs and reputational damage if such an event does occur. Read it in full here.

 

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