A listeria outbreak linked to Michigan cheesemaker Previous Europe Cheese, Inc. has led to 6 infections, 5 hospitalizations, and a voluntary recall introduced on Friday.
Previous Europe Cheese Brie and Camembert merchandise are offered nationwide, and 6 states have been affected, every with one contaminated particular person. These states are Michigan, New Jersey, Connecticut, Georgia, Texas, and California.
As of Friday, the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention had not but reported any fatalities or additional confirmed infections from the outbreak.
The Meals & Drug Administration reported in its outbreak investigation that the final recorded onset of sickness from the outbreak occurred on Aug. 5.
Previous Europe Cheese’s voluntary recall entails merchandise offered from Aug. 1 to Sept. 28, in shops nationwide in addition to in Mexico. The recall refers to merchandise offered with “Finest By Dates starting from September 28, 2022 to December 14, 2022.”
Previous Europe Cheese additionally warns customers that bulk gadgets affected by the recall may have been repackaged by retailers; the repackaged cheese could not include figuring out labels.
Full lists of recalled Previous Europe Cheese merchandise and retailers the place these merchandise have been offered can be found on the recall web page on the FDA web site.
Customers with questions pertaining to the recall can name 269-925-5003, extension 335, Monday by means of Friday from 9:00am to 12:30pm and a couple of:00pm to 4:00pm ET.
The recall was sparked by an environmental audit of the Previous Europe Cheese facility and 120 product samples.
“Not one of the merchandise confirmed contamination, however one of many services’ samples examined constructive. The pressure from that constructive case has been linked to six circumstances of Listeriosis courting from 2017 to 2022,” the recall discover reads.
Not one of the reported listeria circumstances have been tied to the corporate’s product, however a recall was issued out of an abundance of warning.
Previous Europe Cheese won’t restart manufacturing of the affected gadgets till they’re sure the an infection and its supply have been eradicated.
Previous Europe Cheese has not but responded to a request for remark.
