Salmonella outbreak in Switzerland linked to soft cheese

Eurosurveillance report that in Switzerland there was a nationwide outbreak of gastrointestinal illness due to Salmonella Stanley between September 2006 andFebruary 2007. Eighty-two cases were documented and the cases were more likely to have eaten local soft cheese Salmonella Stanley strain was also isolated from soft cheese and the outbreak ended after the withdrawal of the cheese from the market.