Forever Cheese Inc. is recalling Mitica brand imported Pecorino Aged Cheese in Walnut Leaves that was shipped to nine states because of possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
“The recall was the result of a routine sampling program by Forever Cheese which revealed that the imported cheese tested positive for the bacteria,” according to the recall notice on the Food and Drug Administration website.
Earlier today Whole Foods Market also recalled imported Pecorino Aged Cheese in Walnut Leaves from single retail locations in New York City and West Palm Beach, FL.
RELATED RECALL: Forever Cheese Inc. recalls Mitica brand Pecorino Aged Cheese in Walnut Leaves
“Pecorino Aged Cheese in Walnut Leaves” sold by the Austin-based Whole Foods Market grocery chain and distributed to only in two of its 346 stores is being recalled for possible Listeria contamination.
The two Whole Foods stores that carried the recalled product are in West Palm Beach, FL, and the Bowery neighborhood of New York City.
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