Cottage cheese is currently the subject of a product recall due to contamination by a bacteria: salmonella. Quickly discover the products concerned.
Pom'breeenne brand fromage blanc has been recalled. For your health, it is strongly recommended that you no longer consume this contaminated product.
Contaminated fresh cheese
According to the government website Rappel Conso, the white cheese concerned contains the following information on the label:
- Food / Milk and dairy products Cottage cheese
- Marque : pom’breeenne
- Model or reference: white cheese
- • Lot All lots Use-by date 07/05/2024
- Packaging: plastic box
- Marketing date: 04/27/2024
- End of marketing date: 05/04/2024
- Storage temperature: Product to be stored in the refrigerator
- Geographical sales area: entire Europe
- Distributors: white market Argenton sur Creuse market
What to do if you have eaten this fresh cheese?
Salmonellosis is caused by the Salmonella bacteria. It mainly causes gastrointestinal disorders (diarrhea, vomiting) often accompanied by fever and headaches. These symptoms generally occur 6 to 72 hours after consuming the contaminated product.
“People who have consumed this product and who present these symptoms are invited to consult their doctor and report this consumption”, specifies the site. The most vulnerable people must nevertheless be extra careful. The symptoms of the disease can in fact be increased tenfold in children, pregnant women, immunocompromised individuals and the elderly.
In the absence of symptoms within 7 days after consumption of the cheese concerned, “There is no need to worry and consult a doctor.”. If the product must be cooked before consumption: cooking the products (hard-boiled eggs, pastries, poultry meat, etc.) through the core at +65°C helps destroy these bacteria and prevent the consequences of such contamination.
Therefore, the product must not be consumed and can be returned to the point of sale for reimbursement, until the end date of the recall procedure, May 14, 2024.
