Urgent Christmas cheese alert - FULL LIST of festive favourites recalled due to deadly listeria contamination
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The food safety watchdog has pulled a selection of family favourite cheeses from supermarket shelves due to fears of contamination with a potentially deadly bacteria. The Food Standards Agency warned that cheeses made by Wicklow Farmhouse — including brie and cheddar — which are sold in independent stores as well as Irish Aldi stores, must be recalled due to potential presence of Listeria monocytogenes.
![[Food safety authorities warned that several cheeses made by Wicklow Farmhouse Cheese need to be pulled from shelves or disposed due to potential presence of Listeria monocytogenes]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/09/93420133-14220805-image-a-6_1734947768221.jpg)
This bacteria causes a disease called listeriosis that in most people causes flu-like symptoms, as well as vomiting and diarrhea. However, in rare cases it can trigger a dangerous infection of the protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord called meningitis as well as life-threatening sepsis.
![[Listeria is a bacteria which poses a particular threat to the elderly, pregnant women and babies. For most people, listeria poisoning can be similar to flu and include high temperature, muscle ache or pain, chills and feeling or being sick. Usually symptoms recede after a few days. However, some vulnerable groups can develop life-threatening complications, such as sepsis and meningitis]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/09/69462327-14220805-Listeria_is_a_bacteria_which_poses_a_particular_threat_to_the_el-a-8_1734947810998.jpg)
The elderly, young children as well as those with weakened immune systems like cancer patients are considered most at risk. Pregnant women are also vulnerable with the about one in five of those who contract listeriosis suffering a miscarriage or stillbirth.
![[A number of cheeses have been recalled by Dunnes in Ireland due to the presence of potentially dangerous bacteria which could cause vomiting and diarrhoea]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/09/93398243-14220805-A_number_of_cheeses_have_been_recalled_by_Dunnes_in_Ireland_due_-a-7_1734947800898.jpg)
The brands included in the recall are Ballykilty Baking Brie, St Killian Cheese, Baking St Killian Cheese, Wicklow Ban, Wicklow Blue Brie, St Killians, Wicklow Farmhouse Cheddar Wedge, Wicklow Gold Tomato & Herb, and Drunken Saint. These cheeses are sold in outlets all over Ireland. The recall impacts 150g portions of the cheese brands sold with all use by dates affected.
