Natural Pastures Cheese Company is recalling Mount Becher Buffalo Medium Cheese in Canada because testing has shown contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The cheese, tested by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, was distributed in British Columbia and Ontario.
Sold in variable weights, the only identifying code on the product is Batch# 854 179.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products.
About Listeria infections
Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still cause serious and sometimes life-threatening infections. Anyone who has eaten any of the recalled cheeseand developed symptoms of Listeria infection should seek medical treatment and tell their doctors about the possible Listeria exposure.
Also, anyone who has eaten any of the recalled cheese should monitor themselves for symptoms during the coming weeks because it can take up to 70 days after exposure to Listeria for symptoms of listeriosis to develop.
Symptoms of Listeria infection can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache, and neck stiffness. Specific laboratory tests are required to diagnose Listeria infections, which can mimic other illnesses.
Pregnant women, the elderly, young children, and people such as cancer patients who have weakened immune systems are particularly at risk of serious illnesses, life-threatening infections, other complications and death. Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild, flu-like symptoms, their infections can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn, or even stillbirth.
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