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Queso Fresco Food Safety

• Queso fresco that is not made properly can cause severe disease (such as salmonella and listeria) especially in young children, the elderly and pregnant women.
• In pregnant women, salmonella can cause miscarriage, premature birth, or stillbirth.
• In babies, it can cause blood and brain infections.
• You can protect your family from disease if you buy and eat only queso fresco that has been made from pasteurized milk and has been refrigerated at all times.
• People can still enjoy home-made queso fresco if they follow a recipe that uses pasteurized milk, such as the Abuela Proyecto Recipe (116 KB) that was developed by a group of Hispanic grandmothers.
  

More Information

• Queso Fresco English Brochure (85 KB)
• Queso Fresco Spanish Brochure (85 KB)
• Raw Milk Flyer (184 KB)
• Abuela Recipe for Safe Homemade Queso Fresco (116 KB)
• Dangers of Raw Milk (388 KB)