Hardly anything in your fridge can make it to as many meals as cheese. It can be a midday snack or a topping for your favorite baked dish just as easily as it can be the star of a luxurious hors d’oeuvre tray for a party or an entire breakfast, lunch or dinner on its own. But you may want to wait before you have another piece of your favorite dairy product after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recall on nearly a dozen cheeses. Read on to see which products the agency says you should throw away immediately.
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As well as being a major dietary restriction for many, dairy is a particularly sensitive food that often has a notoriously short shelf life before it should no longer be eaten. But in some cases this summer, some products were found to be unsafe for consumption due to mishaps during production, leading to a handful of recalls for the sake of public safety.
In June, the FDA announced that Paris Brothers, Inc. I was pulling eight types of its cheeses from the shelves after a sampling carried out by the agency that detected the presence of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria Two months later, on August 5, the agency announced that Colorado-based Royal Crest Dairy voluntarily recalled its pints of Farmer’s 2% Reduced Fat Chocolate Milk. The move came after the company discovered it. could contain egga potential allergen.
Most recently, the FDA announced on August 19 that the Colorado-based company Epicurean Butter LLC I was remembering the Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter it produces for the popular regional grocery store chain. the article was pulled from the shelves in seven states and Washington, DC, after the company learned from its herbal supplier that ingredients could potentially be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Now, the agency has flagged more dairy products as a potential health risk.
On August 29, the FDA announced that Newburg, Pennsylvania-based Keswick Creamery had issued a recall in 10 of their cheeses. According to the notice, the items were distributed to retail stores in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, DC.
Many of the affected products were sold in four- to 12-ounce packages with their price and weight labeled in red, black, or purple ink, including the dairy’s Calverley Cheese, Vulkwin’s Folly Cheese, Vermeer Cheese, Havarti Cheese, Wallaby Cheese, Cider Washed. . Tomme Cheese, Feta Cheese. Other recalled items include Whole Milk Ricotta, which was sold in clear eight-ounce and 16-ounce deli containers with expiration dates 7/18/22, 7/25/22, 8/1/22, 8/8/22, or 8/18/22; Bovre cheese, including natural flavor, oregano and garlic, herbs de Provence, cranberry, and honey, sold in eight-ounce clear containers with expiration dates 7/25/22, 8/1/22, 8/8/22, or 8/22/22; and plain and dill and onion flavored Quark Cheese sold in clear eight-ounce and 16-ounce deli containers marked with expiration dates 7/7/22, 4/8/22 or 8/25/22.
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According to the FDA advisory, Keswick Creamery issued a product recall after discovering that the cheeses could potentially be contaminated by hazardous substances. Listeria monocytogenes bacteria The agency says it discovered the health risk during routine sampling that found some finished products tested positive for the microorganism. For now, the company has halted all production and distribution of its products while it investigates the matter.
The FDA says that healthy people who accidentally ingest listeria they usually suffer from short-term symptoms, such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhoea. However, infections can be life-threatening in younger children, older people, or immunocompromised people, and can cause miscarriages and stillbirths in any pregnant woman.
The FDA reports that no illnesses related to the cheese recall have been reported to date. But the agency advises anyone who has purchased the affected products to throw them away immediately. Customers can also contact Keswick Creamery directly to report their purchases and request a full refund from the company, using the contact information published in the FDA notice.
