Chile: Aproqueso
denies further listeria cases in products from
other companies
Source of Article: http://www.emol.com/noticias/ingles/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=333669
The manager of the association has stated that, following
a surge in bacteria cases, the companies involved have been adopting
preventative measures for several months.
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
El Mercurio Online
SANTIAGO.- The head of the
Association of Cheese Producers (Aproqueso),
Alfredo Albarrán, stated today that according to
analyses that have been performed, there are no cases of listeria
monocytogenes in any other companies apart from Chevrita.
"So far, it (the bacteria) has not been found in any other type of
cheese. Fortunately, there is only one company involved. We have
not detected any errors in the sampling process, which we are continuing to
perform", Albarrán told Radio ADN.
Albarrán stated that "we as a cheese-making
industry have been concerned about the matter for some time, this was not a
sanitation alert that came about merely a month ago; authorities involved
have been concerned about the matter for approximately eight months, when a
significant increase in cases of bacterial infection was observed".
The manager explained that the companies involved were prompted to take
actions to confront the situation, performing tests and taking preventative measures.
"In the identification process, we have incorporated an analysis of listeria monocytogenes into the
weekly analysis procedures at the plant. Really, we have not been able
to detect the presence of listeria in the milk,
which means that the contamination must have been caused by mixing raw milk
with pasteurized milk", he declared.
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