The Nation - News from Aug. 16, 1985

Potentially dangerous bacteria was discovered by federal investigators in Liederkranz cheese sold by General Foods Corp. and the firm voluntarily issued a national recall of the product, government and company officials said. The specific type of bacteria found in the General Foods cheese is not the same that was found in soft Mexican-style cheese produced by Jalisco Mexican Food Products of Artesia, Calif., but it can be just as deadly, a Food and Drug Administration microbiologist said. Officials said the entire contaminated cheese batch was recovered in an Ohio processing plant.