DeKalb EMA warns citizens NOT to eat cheese from overturned semi on Hwy 11

In one of the oddest warnings you’ll probably ever read, the DeKalb Emergency management Agency issued a warning regarding a semi truck that overturned on U.S. Highway 11 in Alabama recently.

Their message: Don’t eat the cheese from the semi truck wreckage.

The post was shared on their Facebook page and picked up by several news agencies.

Last night, an 18-wheeler truck turned over on U.S. Highway 11. The truck was carrying refrigerated cheese. As result of…

Posted by DeKalb County Emergency Management Agency on Saturday, September 26, 2015

According to the post, the refrigerated cheese was declared “salvaged” and not fit for human consumption after spilling onto the road. There were no reports of people actually taking the spilled cheese, but clearly the agency believed the warning was worth sharing.


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