Recall warning for cheese products over listeria concerns
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has issued a recall notice for certain batches of cheese products.
The food authority said the recall applies to specific batches of Macroom Buffalo Cheese products due to the presence of listeria monocytogenes.
Recall notices will be displayed at point-of-sale.
The implicated products, which have a use-by date of September 7, 2026, are as follows:
- Macroom Buffalo Cheese Mozzarella (pack size: 125g);
- Macroom Buffalo Cheese Bocconcini (pack size: 160g);
- Macroom Buffalo Cheese Burrata (pack size: 150g).
Consumers are advised not to eat the implicated batch.
The FSAI has asked retailers to remove the implicated batches from sale and display recall notices at point of sale.
Listeria
The food authority said: “In healthy people, symptoms of listeria monocytogenes infection can include mild flu-like symptoms, or gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea.
“However, in people who are more vulnerable, the infection can be severe and can lead to serious complications.
“People who are more vulnerable to listeria monocytogenes infections include pregnant women, infants, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems.”
The incubation period (time between initial infection and first symptoms appearing) is, on average, three weeks but can range between three and 70 days.
FSAI
Earlier this month (August 19) FSAI issued a recall notice for a product made with Irish oats.
The notice relates to undeclared allergens in a mispacked batch of Flahavan's Chocolate & Hazelnut Irish Oaty Flapjacks.
The affected batch was mispacked with Cranberry & Orange inner wrappers.
The product contains nuts and soyabeans which are declared on the outer box but not declared on the individual inner packaging.
The FSAI has stated that this may make the batch unsafe for consumers who are allergic to, or intolerant of, nuts and soyabeans and therefore, these consumers should not eat the implicated batch.
