Buffalo Center Dairy items recalled
LAST THURSDAY, STATE DAIRY INSPECTORS SAID PRODUCTS FROM MEINDERS FARM FRESH DAIRY IN BUFFALO CENTER ARE BEING RECALLED AFTER COLIFORM BACTERIA WAS FOUND IN SOME PRODUCTS.
STEVE MOLINE, DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP, SAID PRODUCTS AT THE DAIRY WERE IMPOUNDED FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY.
PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY THE DAIRY ARE BEING SOLD UNDER THE “MEINDERS FARM FRESH DAIRY” LABEL.
MOLINE SAID THE PRODUCTS SHOULD NOT BE EATEN AND RETAILERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REMOVE THE PRODUCTS FROM SALE.
HE SAID THE BACTERIA WAS FOUND IN A SAMPLING OF THE DAIRY’S CHEESE CURDS, ALTHOUGH THE DAIRY MARKETS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PRODUCTS.
HE SAID RETAILERS ARE BEING CONTACTED, BUT THE DAIRY HAS A RELATIVELY SMALL LIST OF OUTLETS.
MOLINE SAID HE DID NOT BELIEVE THE RISK FOR ILLNESS WAS SEVERE, BUT SOMEONE INGESTING THE CONTAMINATED PRODUCT MIGHT EXPERIENCE SYMPTOMS SUCH AS DIARRHEA.
THE DEPARTMENT’S DAIRY PRODUCTS CONTROL BUREAU CONDUCTS REGULAR TESTING BOTH ON DAIRY FARMS AND IN DAIRY PROCESSING PLANTS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS IN IOWA. MOLINE SAID THIS INCLUDES REGULAR TESTING OF SAMPLES.