Cheeses Sold In States Neighboring RI Recalled Over Listeria Fears

RHODE ISLAND — Select soft-ripened cheeses from Savencia Cheese have been recalled because they have the potential to be contaminated with listeria, the Rhode Island Department of Health announced Wednesday.

"Through routine testing, it was identified that processing equipment at a site may have been contaminated," officials said. "While finished product testing has not identified contaminated products, the recall was initiated to retrieve the potentially affected product."

The following products, which were sold in neighboring states including Massachusetts and Connecticut, are included in the recall:

• Aldi Emporium Selection Brie
• La Bonne Vie Brie
• La Bonne Vie Camembert
• Market Basket Brie
• Supreme Oval
• Glenview Farms Spreadable Brie

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems, health officials said.

"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 and stillbirths among pregnant women," officials added.