Brie and camembert that may potentially be contaminated with listeria are being recalled, the latest in a series of food incidents in the U.S. in recent months.
Savencia Cheese USA is recalling select soft ripened cheeses after routine testing found the processing equipment at the company’s Lena, Illinois, manufacturing facility may have been contaminated with the bacteria.
Aldi and Market Basket, a supermarket chain in New England, are among stores in more than a dozen states that sell the cheeses, but the recalled products only had “limited regional distribution” in the U.S., according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The “few retailers” that received them have been informed of the possible contamination and are removing products from shelves, the FDA added.
There are no confirmed reports of anyone getting sick so far, the agency noted.
The voluntary recall, announced Saturday, Nov. 2, includes the following cheeses, all but one of which were manufactured on Sept. 30, 2024 and have the “best buy date” of Dec. 24, …