Blue Cheese Product Recalled Nationwide Due to Possible Contamination

The Food and Drug Administration has announced an expanded recall of a food product because of possible listeria contamination.

Maytag Dairy Farms is voluntarily widening its call back of “Maytag Blue” blue cheese wedges, wheels and crumbles.

The company said the products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, elderly or frail people and those with compromised immune systems.

On Wednesday, a Mount Vernon company issued a recall of chicken salad products that were possibly contaminated with listeria.

The recalled blue cheese product includes 35 lots of 1-, 4- and 8-ounce wedges and 2- and 4-pound wheels. Also, 43 batches of 8-ounce and 4-pound crumbles have been recalled.

The products were sold through distributors, wholesalers, retail stoes, restaurants and direct mail orders nationwide between Nov. 24, 2015, and Feb. 11, 2016.

For the lot numbers of affected products, go to the FDA recall page here.

Anyone who has purchased these products should discard them immediately.

Customers can call Maytag Dairy Farm at 800-247-2458 or 641-791-2010 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST Monday through Friday to arrange for a refund and return of the product.

For the complete FDA advisory, click here.

Photo caption: Maytag Dairy Farms blue cheese with lot number highlighted. Photo credit: FDA.