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From the fourme fermière sold at E-Leclerc is the subject of a massive recall in France. The reason ? It would be contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.
If you are used to ending your meal with a piece of cheese, make sure it is not this batch. Indeed, the fourme fermière sold at E-Leclerc and France Frais Auvergne is the subject of a recall.
Cheese sold at Leclerc
The cheese recalled by Leclerc stores is marketed under the name “Rochefort Montagne Farm Fourme“. To locate it, all you have to do is carefully read the label with the following information:
- Product Category: Food;
- Product Subcategory: Milk and Milk Products;
- Product brand name: Fourmes fermières de Rochefort Montagne;
- Names of models or references: Batch of December 16, 2022;
- Date of minimum durability: 03/16/2023;
- Packaging: All forms of packaging;
- Marketing start/end date: from 01/24/2023 to 02/23/2023;
- Geographical area of sale: entire France;
- Distributors: France Fresh Auvergne – Center E-Leclerc SA Sodicler Le Brezet.
Listeriosis, a potentially fatal infection
If ingested, this cheese can cause listeriosis, a serious infection caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.
If the disease remains rare (5 to 6 cases per million inhabitants), it is no less dangerous: in adults, it can lead to sepsis or infection of the central nervous system.
In pregnant women, it is above all the fetus which is affected: it may present with a severe infection, often aggravated by prematurity.which can combine sepsis, pulmonary, neurological and sometimes cutaneous infection“, specifies the Pasteur Institute.
For all these reasons, the Rappel conso site invites consumers who have consumed the product mentioned above “and who have fever, isolated or accompanied by headaches, and body aches” to consult their doctor as soon as possible by informing him of this consumption.