The Hawaii State Division of Well being is alerting residents a couple of recall of Rizo Bros. California Creamery Aged Mexican Cotija Grated Cheese as a result of testing has discovered Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The product was distributed nationwide.
The recall is the results of a meals sampling and testing partnership performed by the state well being division’s Laboratory Preparedness and Response Department and the Meals and Drug Department.
So far, there have been no studies of diseases or adversarial occasions in Hawaii attributed to the recalled product.
There’s concern that customers could have the recalled cheese of their properties as a result of it has an expiration date of Could 12. The lot code and expiration date might be discovered printed on the again fringe of the bundle.
The knowledge on the recalled product is as follows:
- UPC code: 72724200043
- Lot quantity: 4DW-23318
- Promote earlier than: 05/12/24
- Dimension: eight ounce pack
For added info, customers can contact Rizo Bros. California Creamery at 209-232-3700.
About Listeria infections
Meals contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes could not look or odor dangerous, however it might nonetheless trigger critical and generally life-threatening infections. Anybody who has consumed any recalled product and developed signs of Listeria an infection ought to search medical therapy and inform their docs about attainable publicity to Listeria.
Moreover, anybody who consumed any of the recalled merchandise ought to monitor for signs over the following few weeks, as it could take as much as 70 days after publicity to Listeria for listeriosis signs to develop.
Signs of Listeria an infection could embody vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, extreme headache, and neck stiffness. Particular laboratory checks are required to diagnose Listeria infections, which might mimic different ailments.
Pregnant girls, the aged, younger youngsters, and folks, corresponding to most cancers sufferers, who’ve weakened immune methods, are particularly in danger for critical sickness, life-threatening infections, and different issues. Though contaminated pregnant girls could expertise solely delicate flu-like signs, their infections can result in untimely beginning, an infection of the new child, and even stillbirth.
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