Food facility listeria gets cheese sold by Aldi and other chains recalled in 12 states

Soft cheeses sold under several brands have been recalled from California, Texas, Missouri and nine other states after listeria was found in the manufacturing facility.

Savencia Cheese USA is based in New Holland, Pennsylvania, but said in its FDA-posted recall notice that the problem was in the company’s Lena, Illinois, facility.

“Through routine testing, it was identified that processing equipment at the site may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes,” the notice said. “While finished product testing has not identified contaminated product, we have initiated a voluntary recall to retrieve the potentially affected product.”

All of the cheeses recalled have a best by date of 12/24/2024.

—Aldi Emporium Selection Brie, 8-ounce wheel, UPC Nos. 004149811132 and 041498111328.

—Market Basket Brie, 8-ounce wheel, UPC Nos. 004970566630 and 049705666302.

—Supreme Oval, 7-ounce hunk, UPC Nos. 07144850421 and 071448504214.

—La Bonne Vie Brie, 8-ounce wheel, no UPC number.

—La Bonne Vie Camembert, 8-ounce wheel, no UPC number.

—Industrial Brie, 8-ounce hunk, UPC No. 077901005229.

The cheeses went to stores in California, Texas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey, Oregon, Colorado and Washington.

Listeria infects about 1,600 people each year in the United States, according to the CDC, killing about 260. The most likely to get the worst of listeria’s effects are adults over 65, children under 5 and people with damaged immune systems. Pregnant women can suffer miscarriages and stillbirths. Most people will deal with fever, muscle aches, headaches, flu-like symptoms, possibly confusion and seizures.