Recall of cheese because of acute health risk! The EU warning system RASFF has issued an urgent product warning for cheese from Switzerland due to listeria.
- Recall * of cheese from Switzerland: Warning of Listeria cheese triggers a recall .
- Listeria infestation was noticeable during internal controls . Therefore there is a considerable health risk .
- Affected cheese from Switzerland could also have reached Germany , according to the product warning .
Kassel / Steinerberg / Switzerland - recall of cheese and warning of several types of cheese from Switzerland: there is a considerable health risk . The Listeria bacteria can be very dangerous. Better check whether you have affected milk products in the fridge at home.
During routine checks at the Vogel AG cheese dairy in Switzerland, a listeria attack was noticed , and there are now initial recalls . A product warning was issued by the Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office on Tuesday, May 5th, 2020.
Recall and warning: Do not eat cheese from Switzerland - there is a health risk
The very first day the recall campaign started in the Swiss supermarket chain Denner, followed by another. Three days after the first warning , on Friday, May 8th, 2020, the European rapid warning system RASFF also published a product warning for the cheese variations from the Swiss cheese dairy.
Recall: under no circumstances consume the cheese products - urgent warning about life-threatening bacteria
In the product warning the Swiss Federal Office is before eating the cheese products of the company Vogel warned. The buyers of the products suspected of listeria have also been informed and asked to remove the cheese from sales.
According to the European rapid warning system RASFF, the cheese products could also have been exported to Belgium and Germany .
Product recall: Warning - Listeria cheese is especially dangerous for risk groups
Product - warnings and recall * actions due to Listeria infestation are essential as the bacteria can be life-threatening. According to the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety, the course of the disease can be fatal, especially for people who belong to a risk group.
Recall: Warning, Listeria! The first cheese products are recalled
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Listeria is particularly dangerous for pregnant women because the bacteria can have a negative impact on the child and mother. In healthy adults, so-called listeriosis, which is caused by infection with listeria, can be asymptomatic. However, flu-like symptoms often occur, such as fever or muscle pain.
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- BVL (@BVL_Bund) August 7, 2019Recall: These cheese products are only affected by the warning
The product warning is not the same as a recall . Even if both cheese products from Käserei Vogel AG currently exist.
In the product - warning it must be primarily on the company number. Because this shows the origin of a product. Of the listeria infection of are cheese - products concerned, on which the company number CH-5707 can be found.
According to the Swiss Federal Food Safety Agency, these cheese products are affected by the warning :
- Wild garlic cream cheese
- Organic garlic cream cheese
- Organic pepper cream cheese
- Organic Schafberg cheese
- Organic sheep brie
- Organic sheep mutschli
- Organic goat cheese
- Organic brie
- Brie de-luxe / Brie Blo
- Brie tomato
- Brie Carré
- Chnobli cheese
- Grotto cheese
- Pepper cream cheese "Don Pepe"
- Rauch chäsli
- Steinerberger organic mountain cheese
- Steinerberger Mutschli
- Steinerberger quarter fat
- Tell goat cheese
- Original Schwyzer Bergkäse (Swiss Knife Valley)
- Urschwyzer half-fat
- Urschwyzer herbal cheese
- Wildspitz mountain cheese
- Wild boiled cheese organic cream
- Goat cream cheese
- Goat cheese AXV
Recall of cheese from Switzerland: First supermarkets go beyond product warnings
In Switzerland, according to the product - alerts the first recall -actions for cheese started from the affected production. The supermarket chains Denner and Migros are calling on their customers to bring affected products back to the store. Anyone who complies with the recall will be refunded the price paid for the product .
At Denner , the following product is specifically affected by the recall :
- DENNER mountain cheese from central Switzerland
The following products are affected by the recall at the Migros supermarket chain :
- Organic sheep cheese
- Zuger Waldspitzkäse
- Cheese platters mild
- Steinberger quarter fat
- Steinberger semi-bold
Both supermarket chains also suggest to their customers who are at risk, that they should see a doctor if they experience symptoms after consuming cheese.
Merkur.de also reported on the cheese recall *.
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