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Tainted Cheese Linked to TB Cases in California
Illegal, unpasteurized dairy products are causing the re-emergence of a rare form of tuberculosis in Southern California, and particularly in Hispanic immigrants in San Diego County.
The dairy products include very popular items such as queso fresco cheese, which is made from cattle infected with the mycobacterium bovis strain of TB. Children who consume contaminated products are particularly at risk. However, anyone who eats fresh cheeses sold by street vendors, or that has crossed into the U.S. from Mexico illegally, is at risk.
This particular strain of TB is not only ancient, but drug resistant, and associated with a higher than normal mortality rate.
Officials are cracking down on the illegal importation of the cheeses, but the demand for Hispanic cheeses is high in California.
JUN-04-08: [MSNBC: TAINTED CHEESE FUELS TB]
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Published on Jun-6-08
The dairy products include very popular items such as queso fresco cheese, which is made from cattle infected with the mycobacterium bovis strain of TB. Children who consume contaminated products are particularly at risk. However, anyone who eats fresh cheeses sold by street vendors, or that has crossed into the U.S. from Mexico illegally, is at risk.
This particular strain of TB is not only ancient, but drug resistant, and associated with a higher than normal mortality rate.
Officials are cracking down on the illegal importation of the cheeses, but the demand for Hispanic cheeses is high in California.
JUN-04-08: [MSNBC: TAINTED CHEESE FUELS TB]
Search for: Tainted cheese fuels TB rise in California
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If you or a loved one has developed TB as a result of consuming tainted dairy products, please click the link below to send your complaint to a lawyer to evaluate your claim at no cost or obligation.Published on Jun-6-08
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