Dairy

Alpine Slicing and Cheese Conversion Company in Wisconsin is voluntarily recalling “HEB Queso Cotija (Grated)”, “El Viajero Queso Quesadilla (Shredded)”, “El Viajero Queso Cotija (Grated)”, and “BMF Queso Quesadilla (Shredded)” because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria. …

Good Karma Foods™ – creators of the first organic rice based ice cream, Organic Rice Divine™ – has introduced a new line of dairy-free flax milk which provides all of the calcium and creamy flavor of dairy milk and also a healthy dose of Omega-3. …

A Tulare County dairy operator is planning to open a creamery this summer to bottle his own milk, and he'll do home delivery. "The way it is now, our milk gets consolidated with everyone's milk," said Ron Locke of Top O' The Morn Farms in Tulare. "But we want to be able to showcase our dairy and the attention we give to producing a quality product."

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Bekkum Family Farms LLC of Westby, Wis., is recalling shredded cheese because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The cheese is labeled "Grumpy Goat Shreds" under the Nordic Creamery brand name, in eight-ounce bags with a code date of 10-MAR-12.

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After a bleak period for farmers, Wisconsin's dairy industry is on the rise. Ben Brancel, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection said the state's $27 billion dairy industry has been in recovery mode lately.

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