CFS continues to follow up on imported cheese with possible bacteria contamination
Product: Mont d'Or Fruitiere des Jarrons Cheese, Imported cheese, CFS continues to follow up on imported cheese with possible bacteria contamination
Brand/company: Fruitiere des Jarrons, Noja Fine Trade
- Product family
- Food & Grocery
- Product type
- Packaged food
- Issue
- Pathogen contamination
- Audience
- General consumers
Reason: - The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) noted a notification from the French authorities that the above-mentioned batch of product might have been contaminated with Yersinia enterocolitica and is being recalled. - Subsequent to an earlier announcement that a kind of cheese imported from France might have been contaminated with Yersinia enterocolitica ( ), a follow-up investigation showed that another batch of the affected product has also been imported to Hong Kong. - Yersinia enterocolitica can cause Yersiniosis, which is characterised by common symptoms of gastroenteritis such as fever, diarrhoea (often bloody in young children) and abdominal pain. The bacterium is usually acquired by eating or drinking contaminated food, including undercooked meat, unpasteurised milk products or contaminated water. Anyone can get Yersiniosis, but young children, the elderly, and people with weak immune systems are at a higher risk.
Consumer action: Should not consume the product concerned, regardless of batches
