On August 19, 2025, there's big news about cheese. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued three separate recalls for cheese products in various stores because of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Let's break down the details.
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, initiated the recall after their French supplier said three cheese shipments might have Listeria monocytogenes.
The Medium Camembert Soft Ripened Cheese was sold in Wegmans’ cheese department as an 8.8 - ounce single product and in three other products. These are the affected Wegmans products:
8.8 - ounce Wegmans Medium Camembert Soft Ripened Cheese (UPC 77890 - 53515, best - by dates 7/26/25, 8/12/25, and 8/19/25)
1 - pound Wegmans Assorted Cheese Flight (UPC 2 - 77100 - 00000 - 0)
10 - ounce Wegmans Grilling Camembert with Tapenade & Roasted Tomatoes (UPC 2 - 77297 - 00000 - 0)
13 - ounce Wegmans Caramel Apple Pecan Topped Brie Cheese (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 (8 - ounce packages, 5 - pound loaves, 40 - pound loaves, lot code 251661)
Copia Collective 100% Grass - Fed Pepper Jack Cheese (8 - ounce packages, lot code 251661)
Middlefield Original Cheese Co - op Horseradish Flavored Cheese (8 - ounce packages, lot code 2524061)
Middlefield Original Cheese Co - op Monterey Jack Cheese (8 - ounce packages, 5 - pound blocks, lot code 251672)
Middlefield Original Cheese Co - op Monterey Jack Cheese (40 - pound blocks, date code 7 - 16 - 25B)
Farmers Cheese (8 - ounce packages, 5 - pound blocks, lot code 251672)
Farmers Cheese (40 - pound blocks, date code 7 - 16 - 25B)
If you have this 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 potential listeria contamination. The cheese was distributed 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.
Right now, the FDA hasn't reported any listeria cases from eating the recalled cheese. But if you ate the cheese, watch out for listeria infection.
Listeriosis can cause high fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. In serious cases, especially in kids, the elderly, those with weak immune systems, and pregnant people, it can lead to more serious and sometimes fatal infections. If you have questions about listeria infections, contact your healthcare provider.
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