Cheeses Recalled At NYC Farmers Markets Over Bacteria Worries

NEW YORK — A Vermont farm has recalled three varieties of cheese sold at New York City farmstands and supermarkets that may contain a potentially deadly bacteria.

Consider Bardwell Farm has recalled its Slyboro, Dorset and Experience cheeses over concerns that they may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, which can cause serious or even fatal infections in kids and elderly people. Symptoms in healthy people include high fever, headaches, nausea and diarrhea.

No one has been sickened by the contamination, which the farm discovered through "routine testing of finished products and the manufacturing environment," according to a Monday recall notice.

Consider Bardwell has recalled all three cheeses sold at their New York City Greenmarket stands from April 28 to the present. Anyone who bought them should return them to the market where they made the purchase to get a full refund, according to GrowNYC, which runs the markets.

Consider Bardwell sells cheeses at the following locations, according to its website:

• Union Square (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
• West 97th Street at Columbus Avenue (Friday)
• Lou Lodati Park, Sunnyside (Saturday)
• McCarren Park, Greenpoint (Saturday)
• Abingdon Square, West Village (Saturday)
• Smith Street and Carroll Street, Carroll Gardens (Sunday)
• Cortelyou Road and Argyle Road, Prospect Park South (Sunday)
• Travers Park, Jackson Heights (Sunday)
• Macdonald Park, Forest Hills (Sunday)

Whole Foods has also recalled the Dorset cheese sold at its supermarkets in New York, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Rhode Island.

Anyone who bought Dorset cheese with a sell-by date through Oct. 30 can return it to Whole Foods for a refund with a valid receipt, according to the supermarket chain.