TOPEKA — Morningland Dairy of Mountain View, Mo., is recalling nearly 35 tons cheese because it may be contaminated with listeria and staph. Morningland Dairy’s Raw Milk Cheese is sold in the lower 48 states through mail order, retail stores, crop-sharing associations and direct delivery. The cheese is packaged in vacuum-sealed plastic packages that are sold as random-weight-size retail packages. Cheese affected by the recall includes Morningland Dairy Raw Milk Cheese and Ozark Hill Farms Raw Goat Milk Cheese. The raw-milk cheese varieties affected include colby, hot pepper colby, garlic colby, Italian colby, dill colby, no-salt added mild cheddar, mild cheddar, medium sharp cheddar and sharp cheddar. The goat cheese goat milk cheese varieties affected include colby, hot pepper colby, Italian colby, Garlic ‘N’ Chive colby, mild cheddar, medium sharp cheddar and sharp cheddar. The recall is a result of California regulators finding cheeses containing the bacteria in tests at the Rawesome Store in Venice, Calif. The codes of the recalled cheese are handwritten on the front of the label, and range from A10 representing Jan. 1, 2010 through F250 representing June 25, 2010. No illnesses have been reported to date. However, Morningland Dairy has suspended the production and sale of all cheese while the investigation of the cause continues, the Kansas Department of Agriculture said.
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 8 a.m.
