June 19, 2023
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Summary Company Announcement Date:
Product Type: Food & Beverages Cheese/Cheese Product Foodborne Illness Reason for Announcement: Potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes Company
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Product Description: Sophelise, Tobasi, and Berkshire Bloom Cheeses Company Announcement
Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. Sophelise, Tobasi, Feta and Berkshire Bloom cheeses were distributed in
Sophelise cheese product code: 087055 is a washed, pasteurized milk cheese with a soft rind and pinkish hue; the circular cheese measures 4 inches in diameter and roughly 1 inch tall. It is sold in semi-transparent packaging with a round blue label. Sophelise was distributed between
Tobasi cheese with a product label of 315, 341, 048 is a washed raw-milk cheese with an orange rind and creamy interior. When sold retail by
Berkshire Bloom cheese with a product label of 076 is a camembert style, bloomy rind cheese. The circular cheese measures 4 inches in diameter and roughly 1.25 inches tall. It’s sold in a white cheese paper with blue label. This batch of cheese was distributed between
Feta cheese with a product label of 101097 is pasteurized feta in 8 oz or 16 oz square tubs of brine with an orange label. Cheese is also sold to restaurants in vacuum sealed packaging. This batch of cheese was distributed
One hospitalization due to Listeria monocytogenes has been reported to date associated with the Sophelise cheese. Following this customer notification of illness, products purchased by this individual were tested by
The production records for the Berkshire Bloom and Feta cheeses did not illustrate fully compliant temperatures for the heating element. Consumers who have purchased Sophelise cheese, with product code 087055, Tobasi cheese 315, 341, 048, or after
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