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The United States Food and Drug Administration announced that Whole Foods Market is recalling Papillon Organic Roquefort cheese product in all stores nationwide after routine sampling conducted by the FDA found Listeria Monocytogenes in a whole, uncut wheel of the cheese.
The Papillon Organic Roquefort cheese product can be identified by the scale label that begins with PLU 029536. All sell by dates are affected. Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. Consumers should seek immediate medical care if they develop these symptoms.
Source: FDA