An American cheese corporation voluntarily recalled a select batch of ripened cheeses, all Brie, over potential listeria concerns over the weekend.

Six different kinds of Brie manufactured at a Savencia Cheese USA facility may have been contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium known to factor foodborne illness, according to a Saturday notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The bacterium was identified in the processing equipment at the manufacturing plant after as a outcome of schedule testing conducted. The cheeses had “limited regional distribution” in select stories across the country, but the few retailers that did receive the products were in the procedure of pulling them from shelves.

Aldi and trade Basket are among the select retailers impacted by the Savencia Cheese recall, according to the FDA. The states impacted include Indiana, Missouri, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Texas, Iowa, recent Jersey, California, Oregon, Colorado, Washington and Illinois.

“Consumers that have any of the recalled products listed in the table above should refrain from consuming them and profit them to their place of purchase for a packed refund,” the FDA said.

According to the FDA, there have been no confirmed reports of illness or death due from the consumption of the recalled products. Savencia Cheese USA initiated the voluntary recall in the hopes of retrieving the potentially affected product, which has not yet been identified.

Savencia Cheese USA did not immediately respond to USA TODAY’s request for specifics about regions and locations affected by the voluntary recall.

Savencia Cheese name, expiration date

The best way to check whether or not the Brie purchased was voluntarily recalled is to check the best by date and the UPC, or universal product codes for each product. All of the Brie cheeses recalled have a best buy date of Dec. 24, 2024, but the UPC will vary with each product.

• Emporium Selection Brie, 12/8oz Brie with UPC codes 004149811132 and 041498111328

• Supreme Oval 7oz, 6/7oz with UPC codes 007144850421 and 071448504214

• La Bonne Vie Brie, 6/8oz

• La Bonne Vie Camembert, 6/8oz

• 12/8oz Industrial Brie with UPC code 077901005229

• trade Basket Brie 6/8oz with UPC codes 004970566630 and 049705666302

Savencia Cheese USA customers can contact customer relations by phone at (800)-322-2743 or via email at [email protected] with any questions or concerns about the voluntary recall.

Symptoms of listeria poisoning, or listeriosis

Listeria, or listeriosis, is a solemn bacterial infection caused by eating any food or foods contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes. The foodborne bacterial illness usually hits the immunocompromised, youthful children, older individuals and pregnant people the hardest.

An estimated 1,600 people get listeriosis each year and an estimated 260 die in the U.S. each year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA warns higher uncertainty individuals, who encounter flu-like symptoms within two months after eating contaminated food should seek medical worry and inform the health worry provider about eating the contaminated food.

ordinary symptoms include:

• Fever
• Muscle aches
• Headache
• Stiff neck
• Confusion
• setback of settlement
• Convulsions
• Diarrhea
• Other gastrointestinal symptoms
• Miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery and/or life-threatening infection of newborn infants
• Death

Contributing: Fernando Cervantes Jr.