DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s Dairy Products Control Bureau discovered possible Listeria contamination as part of the follow-up testing of cheese products from Maytag Dairy Farms of Newton.
The voluntary recall of lot No 150482 of Maytag Raw Milk Blue Cheese, announced Thursday, Maytag Farms announced a voluntary recall of lot No 150481 that was announced on Feb. 13 due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
Lot 150482 includes approximately 1,100 pounds of cheese, some of which was distributed to retail locations prior to the initial recall by Maytag Dairy Farms. No new information was immediately available from IDALS about which outlets might have received cheese from lot No. 150842 but no cheese has been distributed since the initial positive test for Listeria monocytogenes.
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