Aldi and Market Basket are among stores that sell the cheeses. Here's what to know about the affected products.
Savencia Cheese USA is recalling select soft ripened cheeses after routine testing found the processing equipment at the company's Lena, Illinois, manufacturing facility may have been contaminated with the bacteria.Aldi and Market Basket, a supermarket chain in New England, are among stores in more than a dozen states that sell the cheeses, but the recalled products only had"limited regional distribution" in the U.S.
The"few retailers" that received them have been informed of the possible contamination and are removing products from shelves, the FDA added.The voluntary recall, announced Saturday, Nov. 2, includes the following cheeses, all but one of which were manufactured on Sept. 30, 2024 and have the"best buy date" of Dec. 24, 2024, the company says in its Glenview Farms Spreadable Brie 2/3 pounds — this product was manufactured on Oct.
Two of the recalled products were sold at Aldi and Market Basket locations. The FDA did not share any other retailer names. The affected cheese sold at Aldi, Aldi Emporium Selection Brie, was available in six states: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri. Some of the recalled products were also distributed to retailers serving Massachusetts, Connecticut, Texas, New Jersey, California, Oregon, Colorado and Washington State, a spokesperson for Savencia Cheese USA said in a statement to TODAY.com.Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and people with weakened immune systems, the FDA announcement warned.
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