You know it's serious business when Yakima, Washington, is trending on Facebook.I just heard a few hours ago about the listeria outbreak that has taken the life of one and put two others in the hospital, as of Friday.

That's when I started thinking on the products mentioned -- Queseria Bendita brand cheeses such as Queso Fresco, Panela and Requeson. If you have those in your fridge, health officials are telling you to throw them away.

Although we usually have queso fresco in our fridge, we don't currently so we're halfway safe. I say 'halfway' because I did eat something the other day with queso fresco sprinkled on it.

Delicious, delicious queso fresco. One of my favorite cheeses, but I don't love it enough to get sick and die from it.

I'm thinking if I have listeria it would've made me sick by now. Just to be safe, though, I'm going to avoid it for a little while.

Listeria is bad news all over. Although it primarily attacks children, pregnant women and those with weak immune systems (I'm none of those three), I do have children and my wife does have a weak immune system, so I'll steer clear of it at our place for now.

To keep yourself safe from it, much like you should do anyway, stay away from unpasteurized dairy products such as milk or cheese. Good idea to watch your fruits and vegetables, too, as listeria outbreaks in the past have involved those.

As always, cook your meat thoroughly, wash your hands often and clean any table or other surface that raw meat might have touched.

We'll see what happens next as more on this story comes through.

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