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VARIOUS CHEESE PRODUCTS made by the Wicklow Farmhouse Cheese company have been recalled due to the possible presence of listeria, bacteria that can make people ill.
The products affected are sold in supermarkets around the country.
According to the Food Safety Authority, symptoms of Listeria monocytogenes infection can include mild flu-like symptoms, or gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.
“In rare cases, the infection can be more severe, causing serious complications,” the FSAI said in a statement.
“Some people are more vulnerable to Listeria monocytogenes infections, including pregnant women, babies, and people with weakened immune systems, including the elderly.”
The incubation period – time between initial infection and first symptoms appearing – is on average 3 weeks but can range between 3 and 70 days.
A full list of the affected products can be found on the FSAI website here.
The FSAI requested wholesalers and distributors to contact their affected customers and recall the implicated cheeses and provide a point-of-sale recall notice.
Caterers should not use the implicated cheeses, the FSAI said.
It also requested retailers remove the implicated cheeses from sale and display recall notices at point-of-sale.
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Very sad. Young woman, may heaven be her bed. RIP.
That is so sad, another person taken well before their time by this horrible disease.
RIP put up a great fight. Will they ever find a cure for this
@Derek O Gorman: Rest in peace Shannon may you find peace now. To answer your question I doubt there’ll ever be a cure too many plarma companies making billions on R&D and medications it’s like diabetes there’ll never be a cure.
@Nemethon: Do pharma companies make billions on R&D?
@Nemethon: The average R&D to marketplace cost for a new medicine is nearly €4 billion, and can sometimes exceed €10 billion. R&D spending by itself doesn’t guarantee profitability and strong stock performance. Some companies see a payoff from spending heavily on R&D when projects are deemed to be successful. On the other hand, companies can also suffer from poor performance losses even after investing a great deal of money each year in R&D
@ecrowley ecrowley: Not directly, but in Ireland R&D expenses are deducted from profit when calculating capital gains tax. And not only on R&D costs occuring in country, which is ridiculous. The large pharmas are not just here for the craic.
@Tommy Roche: Do you think they’re not spending money on R&D? If they’re not but availing of tax loopholes, that’d be unforgivable but without knowing that’s happening, we’re heading towards conspiracy theory territory.
@Nemethon: You mean it costs billions in R&D. There is a question as to how much profits are enough but it costs an awful lot to develop these drugs many of which don’t come to anything after hundreds of millions spent.
@Derek O Gorman: they have invented a smoking cessation product which prevents cancer, but governments want it banned
She found hard and long…time to rest now
May she rest in peace.
Rose to fame playing Brenda Walsh? She was already well known. Our House, Little House on the Praire etc. RIP
@Gerard Hayden: she was in little house on the praire? I used to watch that and never knew she was in it.
@Brian Dunne: yes was Laura ingles adopted daughter I think?
@Lilly Lalogue: ah ok, thanks Lilly!
@Brian Dunne: yea she played Jenny Wilder ;). She was also good in the film Heathers. May she R.J.P. cancer is an awful battle for anyone to go through bless her.
@Lilly Lalogue: no she was Laura’s niece :)
RIP. She really really fought back against that illness. Strong resilient person.
Rip poor young woman
Very sad. RiP Shannen
She is with God now
Rip i taught she died few weeks ago
@Square: what an a##hole you are
@Robert M: muted
@Square: Obviously not, don’t talk of cancer patients like that. She was a legend. I have great respect for her.
@Paul Treacy: im not talking bad i taught i heard she died few weeks ago i was wrong rip yes i watched her growing up
Shame a brilliant actress rip
Lord rest
She was a lovely woman and a great fighter. It’s so sad she died so young.
She was a notoriously difficult actor to work with but that doesn’t take away from her sad passing.
RIP her suffering is over
@Damien O’Sullivan: She had a reputation for being difficult because she stood up for herself and would not allow herself to be taken advantage of. Many women who followed her in the business admired her for how she stood. A woman like that is “difficult”. A man like that is “strong”!
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