Raw milk cheddar cheese recalled in two states E.coli contamination, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday. Family Farmstead Dairy, based in Worcester, New York, recalled the cheese after testing positive for E.coli, which can cause serious, sometimes fatal, foodborne illnesses. No illnesses have been reported so far in connection with the recall.
- Product Name: Family Farmstead Dairy Raw Mild Cheddar Cheese
- Size: 8 ounces
- Expiration date/lot code: 07/22/27
Food and Drug Administration
The recalled cheese was sold in grocery stores in New York and New Jersey.
If you have the recalled cheese, don’t eat it: throw it away or return it for a full refund.
If you think you have eaten contaminated cheese, watch for symptoms of E.coliincluding severe stomach cramps, nausea, fever and diarrhea, which may be bloody. See a doctor if you or a loved one develop E.coli symptoms after eating the affected cheese.
The FDA also recommends against consuming raw milk products. Instead, use pasteurized milk, which has been heated to kill harmful bacteria, including E.coliwhile retaining the nutrients of milk.
This event follows another recall of raw milk cheese that occurred E.coli end of September. The cheese, produced by Sierra Nevada Graziers, was linked to a E.coli outbreak in nine states that sickened 13 people. Eight of them were hospitalized and three developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a serious complication of E.coli this can lead to kidney failure.
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