A “possible link” was established between cheeses with pasteurized milk from the Chavegrand cheese dairy, in the Creuse, and 21 cases of Listeriosis, two of which caused deaths, said Public Health France, in a press release published this Tuesday, August 12.
“People are asked to support these products that do not consume them,” said the government on Tuesday following the publication of public health France. However, the cheeses in question had already been identified since their marketing stopped on August 9.
The retirement and reminder decision acted on August 8
Questioned by BFMTV, the Ministry of Agriculture and Sovereignty of Food recalls that “the main responsibility for food security is based on operators.”
According to the Ministry, “in this case, the producer made the decision of retirement and retirement on Friday, August 8 at night” and “distributors were informed by the company calmly.”
“An implementation of retreats and reminders was scheduled in the store for the weekend from August 9 to 10 and a publication of the reminder sheets at the beginning of the week,” the Ministry specifies, remembering that “the communication of the health authorities comes to strengthen these measures but does not replace it.”
First suspicion in June in the same cheese dairy
In addition, in June, the same cheese dairy had already made product reminders for Listeria’s suspicions. Then, the company had strengthened its controls for a month, during which “there is no contamination of products by Listeria N ‘[avait] It has been detected, “said the Ministry of Agriculture and Sovereignty of Food.
Therefore, production had been able to continue, until the public Santé France warns that “the bacterium found in the company’s products” in June “presented the same genetic identity card as isolated in several human cases of listeriosis.” Then new reminders and products withdrawals were made.
Cheeses currently produced under nearby surveillance
“With respect to the cheeses that the company currently performs in the company, they are manufactured and placed in the subvital market of the operator and the authorities, with high levels of daily microbiological controls,” reassures the ministry.
“All cheeses that are suspected of being contaminated by Listeria have been manufactured in an old production line, and all its products have been eliminated from the market,” said Chavegrand Cheese Dairy
As a reminder, “if people still have it today in their refrigerator, obviously it is not necessary to consume them, and these products can re -store a refund,” insists Chavegrand, who adds that cheeses produced in their other production lines are specific for consumption.
Source: BFM TV
