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Nine Whole Foods Market Stores Issue Voluntary Recall for Explorateur French Triple Creme Cheese


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Impacted Stores are located in Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico and Texas

Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—April 10, 2018

By: Rosemary Piser

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that certain Whole Foods Market Stores are voluntarily recalling Explorateur French Triple Crème cheese because the cheese may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, pregnant women 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, stillbirths and fetal infection among pregnant women.

No illnesses have been reported to date.

The recall includes Explorateur French Triple Crème cheese (under the names Explorateur, Explorateur French Triple Crème Cheese and Explorateur Triple Crème French Cheese) which were both cut and packaged in clear plastic wrap, as well as sold in branded 8 oz. packages. All cheese had “sell by” dates from February 15, 2018 through April 3, 2018. The issue was discovered when Whole Foods Market was notified by a distributor of a positive test result for Listeria monocytogenes.

The Explorateur French Triple Crème product was sold at the following Whole Foods Market stores with scale labels beginning with PLU code 0294317:

  • 90 E. Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT
  • 222 Main Street, Madison, NJ
  • 701 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair, NJ

The Explorateur Triple Crème French Cheese product was sold at the following Whole Foods Market stores with scale labels beginning with PLU code 203971:

  • 7245 Lake Street, River Forest, IL
  • 760 Waukegan Road, Deerfield, IL

The Explorateur product was sold at the following Whole Foods Market stores with scale labels beginning with PLU code 293693:

  • 753 Cerillos Road, Santa Fe, NM
  • 100 Pitt Street, El Paso, TX

The Explorateur in 8 oz. branded packages were sold at the following Whole Foods Market stores with UPC codes 339001000408 and lot codes H10, H010, H11 or H011:

  • 753 Cerillos Road, Santa Fe, NM
  • 100 Pitt Street, El Paso, TX
  • 7245 Lake Street, River Forest, IL
  • 760 Waukegan Road, Deerfield, IL
  • 501 Bowman Road, Little Rock, AR
  • 11920 Domain Drive, Austin, TX

If you have purchased these products from the impacted Whole Foods Market Stores, bring a valid receipt to the store for a full refund.

For additional information, call 1-844- 936-8255 between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. CST, Monday through Friday, or 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. CST Saturday through Sunday.

Source: www.fda.gov


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