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Whole Foods Recalls Cheese For Potentially Deadly Listeria

One person has died and several others have gotten sick from the listeria contaminated cheese, the Associated Press reports.

Crave Brothers Les Freres cheese has been pulled from store shelves after at several people got sick and one person died from the bacteria. The cheese was sold in clear plastic wrap with Whole Foods market scale labels, under the names Les Freres and Crave Brothers Les Freres, the news source reports. 

Nearby Whole Foods locations:

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Those who purchased the cheese should throw it away and bring receipts to the store for a refund.


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