Urgent recall of popular cheese product over listeria monocytogenes fears as FSAI issue ‘serious complications' alert
DO NOT EAT Urgent recall of popular cheese product over listeria monocytogenes fears as FSAI issue 'serious complications' alert
A POPULAR cheese product is being recalled over fears of 'serious complications' if eaten.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) issued an urgent recall over the product today.
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Various batches of Brie Mariotte are being recalled due to the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes
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It is the latest in a series of recalls across the country
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Various batches of Brie Mariotte are being recalled due to the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes.
The FSAI issued a For Action notice today, with the notification number of 2025.43.
With a country of origin of France, the cheese is stocked in a number of shops across Ireland including Dunnes Stores.
Brie Mariotte in 1kg packages with best before dates up to and including 30.08.2025 are being recalled.
This is alongside all pack sizes of Brie Mariotte cheese with the use by dates sold between 08/06/2025 and 13/08/2025.
Retailers are requested to remove the implicated batches from sale.
Recall notices will be displayed at the point-of-sale.
Wholesalers and distributors are requested to contact affected customers and recall the implicated batches.
They should also provide point-of-sale notices to retail customers.
Caterers should not use the implicated batches.
SYMPTOMS OF LISTERIOSIS
And consumers should not eat the implicated products.
There is no evidence that this food recall is linked with the listeriosis outbreak related to ready-to-heat meals or the recall of spinach and mixed leaves products.
The infection can include mild flu-like symptoms or none at all, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.
Safefood says a person with a listeria infection can have fever, tiredness and headache.
There can also be gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.
However, in rare cases the infection can be more severe and cause serious complications.
Some people are more vulnerable to Listeria monocytogenes infections, including pregnant women, babies, and people with weakened immune systems, including the elderly.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre says that in immunocompromised and elderly individuals, the infection can occasionally spread to the central nervous system causing meningitis and/or septicaemia, with symptoms such as headache, stiff neck, confusion, and loss of balance or convulsions.
ANOTHER CHEESE RECALL
The incubation period for the infection is on average 3 weeks, but can range between 3 and 70 days.
It comes after a range of cheese from SuperValu was recalled for the same reason.
The Food Safety Authority recalled batches of three different goat's cheese products from stores across the country.
The first of the three cheeses being recalled is "SuperValu Goat's Cheese", 110g, with the use-by dates of August 7 and August12.
"Freshly Prepared by Our Cheesemongers Goats Cheese", in a variety of pack sizes and with the use by dates of August 11 and August 12.
And "SuperValu Chevre Log" in a variety of pack sizes, with all use by dates including today, have also been recalled.
The FSAI said: "The below batches of goat's cheese are being recalled due to the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes. Recall notices will be displayed at point-of-sale.
"There is currently no evidence that this food recall is linked with the listeriosis outbreak related to ready-to-heat meals or the recall of spinach and mixed leaves products."
The FSAI is asking manufacturers "to remove the implicated batches from sale and display recall notices at point-of-sale".
And consumers are advised they do "not to eat the implicated batches".
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