Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
CFS urges public not to consume a kind of French soft cheese suspected to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenesPlace of origin: France
Pack size: 200 grams
Lot number and use-by dates:
(1) C5162104, July 31, 2025;
(2) C5169106, August 5, 2025; and
(3) C5175123, August 13, 2025
Importer: Culina (HK) Limited
“The CFS received a notification from the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed of the European Commission that the above-mentioned product is being recalled in France due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Upon learning of the incident, the CFS immediately contacted local importers to follow up. A preliminary investigation found that the above-mentioned importer had imported into Hong Kong the affected batches of the product concerned,” a spokesman for the CFS said.
The importer concerned has stopped sales and removed from shelves the affected batches of the product. Enquiries can be made to the importer’s hotline at 2342 3221 during office hours.
“Listeria monocytogenes can be easily destroyed by cooking but can survive and multiply at refrigerator temperature. Most healthy individuals do not develop symptoms or only have mild symptoms such as fever, muscle pain, headache, nausea, vomiting or diarrhoea when infected. However, severe complications such as septicaemia, meningitis or even death may occur in newborns, the elderly and those with a weaker immune system. Although infected pregnant women may just experience mild symptoms generally, the infection of Listeria monocytogenes may cause miscarriage, infant death, preterm birth, or severe infection in newborns,” the spokesman added.Issued at HKT 19:12
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