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Listeria Outbreak Linked to Brie and Camembert Cheese
Fast Facts
Illnesses: 6
Hospitalizations: 5
Deaths: 0
States: 6
Recall: Yes
Investigation status: Active
Recalled Food: Brie and camembert cheese made by Old Europe Cheese, Inc.
Sold under multiple brand names:
Black Bear
Block & Barrel
Charmant
Cobblestone
Culinary Tour
Fredericks
Fresh Thyme
Glenview Farms
Good & Gather
Heinen's
Joan of Arc
La Bonne Vie
Lidl
Life in Provence
Market 32
Matrie'd
Metropolitan
Prestige
Primo Taglio
Red Apple Cheese
Reny Picot
St. Randeaux
St. Rocco
Taste of Inspiration
Trader Joe
Sold at stores nationwide in the US and Mexico
Albertsons
Giant Foods
Lidl
Stop & Shop
Whole Foods
And many more
Best-by dates from September 28, 2022, to December 14, 2022
Investigators are working to determine if additional products may be contaminated.
What You Should Do
Do not eat recalled cheese. Throw it away.
Clean your refrigerator, containers, and surfaces that may have touched the recalled cheese. Listeria can survive in the refrigerator and can easily spread to other foods and surfaces.
Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any symptoms of severe Listeria illness after eating recalled cheese:
- People who are not pregnant may experience headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions, in addition to fever and muscle aches.
- Pregnant people usually experience only fever, fatigue, and muscle aches. However, Listeria can cause pregnancy loss or premature birth. It can also cause serious illness or death in newborns.
What Businesses Should Do
Do not sell or serve recalled cheese.
- Clean and disinfect any items and surfaces that may have touched recalled cheese, including anything used to cut or display cheese.
About Listeria
- Listeria can cause severe illness (known as invasive listeriosis) when the bacteria spread beyond the gut to other parts of the body.
- Almost all severe illnesses result in hospitalizations and sometimes death.
- Symptoms of severe illness usually start within 2 weeks after eating food contaminated with Listeria, but may start as early as the same day or as late as 10 weeks after.
- People who are not pregnant may experience headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions, in addition to fever and muscle aches.
- Pregnant people usually experience only fever, fatigue, and muscle aches. However, Listeria can cause pregnancy loss or premature birth. It can also cause serious illness or death in newborns.
- Pregnant people and their newborns, adults 65 years or older, and people with weakened immune systems are at higher risk for severe illness.
- Other people can be infected with Listeria, but they usually get mild food poisoning symptoms, like diarrhea and fever, and usually recover without treatment.
CDC
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