The Cambridge Food Company Ltd (trading as Cheese +) recalls several cheeses because of possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes
This recall applies to everyone who bought the product
The FSA has said the product may be unsafe to eat. Check the details below against your pack.
The NHS says listeriosis is more likely to be serious for anyone who is pregnant, newborn babies, older people and people with a weakened immune system. Read the NHS guidance.
Check your pack
Alpen cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Appleby Red Cheshire cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Ashcombe cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Beauvale cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Bybrook cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Cornish Kern cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Cropwell Bishop cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Dorset Blue Vinny cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Duckett’s Caerphilly cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Hafod cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Kirkhams Lancashire cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Lincolnshire Poacher cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Mayfield cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Montgomery cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Ogleshield cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Old Roan Wensleydale cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Old Winchester cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Pitchfork Cheddar cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Quickies Mature cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Rachel cheese
Pack size: 1.25kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Shropshire Blue cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Sparkenhoe cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Spenwood cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
T & T Stilton cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Westcombe cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
Young Buck cheese
Pack size: 1kg and any cut pieces- Use by
- All dates up to and including 14 April 2023
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The latest affected use-by date was 14 April 2023, which has passed. Recalled products can still be in cupboards and freezers, so check any you have at home.
What to do
Advice from the FSA notice:
- If you have bought any of the above products do not eat them. Instead, contact The Cambridge Food Company Ltd for a full refund. For further information contact The Cambridge Food Company Ltd at [email protected]
Why it was recalled
The FSA's risk statement:
The products listed above might be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
Symptoms caused by this organism can be similar to flu and include high temperature, muscle ache or pain, chills, feeling or being sick and diarrhoea. However, in rare cases, the infection can be more severe, causing serious complications, such as meningitis.
Some people are more vulnerable to listeria infections, including those over 65 years of age, pregnant women and their unborn babies, babies less than one month old and people with weakened immune systems.
Details from the notice
The Cambridge Food Company Ltd (trading as Cheese +) is recalling several of its cheeses because they might contain Listeria monocytogenes. This issue only affects products sold at the food businesses listed in this notice.
A Product Recall Information Notice tells the public about food that is unsafe and is being removed from sale.
What the business is doing
The Cambridge Food Company Ltd are recalling the above products. Point of sale notices will be displayed where the products were sold. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the product. Please see the attached notice.
Where it was sold
The FSA lists this alert for: England.
How this recall compares
- Listeria has caused 73 UK food recalls since 2018, most often in dairy and cheese, followed by meat and poultry. All listeria recalls
Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.
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