Australia: third confirmed death from Listeria, origin cheese company

Posted on February 11, 2013 • Filed under: Australia, Travel Health

m.smh.com.au reported that a A NSW man has been confirmed as the third fatality in Australia’s largest outbreak of listeria.
The death of the 68-year-old man late last month was confirmed by Victoria’s acting chief health officer as being linked to the outbreak at Jindi, one of the nation’s biggest cheese companies.
The outbreak, which has been traced to the company’s factory in Gippsland, Victoria, has been linked to the deaths of an 84-year-old Victorian man and a 44-year-old Tasmanian man. Twenty-six cases have been identified so far, including a NSW woman who had a miscarriage. Read Article

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