Possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes: the Comté cheese to firm dough refined recalled

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Thursday, 19 October 2017 10:10

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OTTAWA – The canadian food inspection agency (CFIA) has proceeded on Wednesday, the reminder of Comté cheese to firm dough-refined the brand, Agropur Import Collection, because it could have been contaminated by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes.

The product covered by the recall is the packaging of 200 g, which contains the code : best before 17 !5 and UPC 0 67400 00397 0.

“The products referred to […] should not be consumed,” warned the agency in a press release. “If you believe you have been sick after consuming a product covered by a recall, contact your doctor. Check if you have the products covered by the recall at home. If this is the case, throw it out or return it to the store where they were purchased.”

The CFIA has stated that “food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, are not necessarily of alteration visible or smell suspicious, but can still make you sick”.

Among the possible symptoms in people who consumed the contaminated food, include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache and stiffness of the nape of the neck.