The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued three separate recalls for cheese products in various stores because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Here's what you need to know.
On August 12, the FDA announced a recall for different cheeses and cheese - containing products at Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Estancia Holdings, the supplier of Wegmans’ Medium Camembert Soft Ripened Cheese, recalled it after its French supplier said three cheese shipments might have Listeria.
The Medium Camembert Soft Ripened Cheese was sold in Wegmans’ cheese department as an 8.8 - ounce single product and in three other products. The affected Wegmans products are:
8.8 - ounce Wegmans Medium Camembert Soft Ripened Cheese with UPC 77890 - 53515 and best - by dates 7/26/25, 8/12/25, and 8/19/25
1 - pound Wegmans Assorted Cheese Flight with UPC 2 - 77100 - 00000 - 0
10 - ounce Wegmans Grilling Camembert with Tapenade & Roasted Tomatoes with UPC 2 - 77297 - 00000 - 0
13 - ounce Wegmans Caramel Apple Pecan Topped Brie Cheese with UPC 2 - 77645 - 00000 - 3
These products were sold at Wegmans stores in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. If you have this cheese, don't eat it. Throw it away or return it to Wegmans for a full refund.
One Middlefield Original Cheese Co - Op in Middlefield, Ohio, recalled nearly 250 pounds of cheese because of possible listeria. The products were made on June 16, June 24, and July 16 this year and distributed in Ohio from July 14 to August 7.
The recalled cheeses are:
Middlefield Original Cheese Co - op 100% Grass - Fed Pepper Jack Cheese in 8 - ounce packages, 5 - pound loaves, and 40 - pound loaves, with lot code 251661
Copia Collective 100% Grass - Fed Pepper Jack Cheese in 8 - ounce packages with lot code 251661
Middlefield Original Cheese Co - op Horseradish Flavored Cheese in 8 - ounce packages with lot code 2524061
Middlefield Original Cheese Co - op Monterey Jack Cheese in 8 - ounce packages and 5 - pound blocks with lot code 251672
Middlefield Original Cheese Co - op Monterey Jack Cheese in 40 - pound blocks with date code 7 - 16 - 25B
Farmers Cheese in 8 - ounce packages and 5 - pound blocks with lot code 251672
Farmers Cheese in 40 - pound blocks with date code 7 - 16 - 25B
If you have the recalled cheese, don't eat it. Throw it away or return it to where you bought it for a full refund.
Fromi USA in New York recalled 12 cases of its Brie Royal Faucon cheese due to possible listeria contamination. The cheese was sent to the Cheese Plate Park Slope LLC in Brooklyn and sold at Cheese Plate Brooklyn Park Slope LLC and Cheese Plate Brooklyn Carroll Gardens from July 24 to August 13.
You can identify the cheese by the lot number 615 on the wooden box and case. But if you bought the cheese cut and individually wrapped, it won't have the lot number. If you bought Brie from the Cheese Plate Brooklyn locations, don't eat it. Throw it away or return it to the cheese shop for a refund.
As of now, the FDA hasn't reported any listeria cases from eating the recalled cheese. But if you ate the cheese, watch out for listeria symptoms.
Listeriosis can cause high fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. In serious cases, especially for children, the elderly, those with weak immune systems, and pregnant people, it can lead to more severe and sometimes fatal infections. If you have questions about listeria infections, contact your healthcare provider.
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