A Belleville man is in
hospital suffering listeriosis believed to originate in blue cheese he bought
at Bibs Wholesale Meats in July.
The local health unit is
asking anybody who bought blue cheese at Bibs before July 31 to return it or
trash it.
Wayne Tucker, director of
communicable disease control/tobacco control at the Hastings Prince Edward
Counties Health Unit, said the person is ill with listeriosis following
the consumption of blue cheese purchased from Bibs Wholesale Meats in
July.
"If anyone has
consumed blue cheese purchased from Bibs Wholesale Meats prior to July 30 and
is now ill, they should see their health care provider to rule out
Listeriosis,"
said Wayne Tucker of the Hastings Prince Edward Counties
Health Unit.
Meanwhile, the number of
people sickened by raw milk cheese from Gort’s Gouda Cheese Farm at Salmon Arm,
B.C., has risen to 20. One man died of the E. coli 0157:H7 in the cheese.
