Raclette, morbier… Many cheeses sold in supermarkets recalled because of E. coli bacteria

A massive reminder. Around twenty cheeses sold in supermarkets are the subject of a recall from the shelves, we learn on the government website Rappel Conso. All of these products are suspected of containing the bacteria Escherichia coli, more commonly known as E. coli. Or the same bacteria at the origin of the Buitoni pizza health scandal last year, which caused several dozen contaminations and the death of two children.

These recalls, issued Tuesday and Wednesday, concern almost exclusively cheeses produced by the company Monts et Terroirs, sold by the cut under different brands (Monts et Terroirs, Secret d'affineur, Intermarché, Maison du Gruyère) - but also a product EARL Louet brand. There you will find mainly morbiers, raclette cheeses and Jura tommes, as well as a selection of goat cheeses. They were sold throughout France. The brands concerned are “all Monts et Terroirs customers”, only specify the recall sheets. According to Actu.fr, Carrefour, Super U, E.Leclerc and Intermarché are among the brands potentially affected.

Most of these products were still sold in supermarkets until Tuesday. If you still have pieces of these cheeses in your refrigerator, you should absolutely not consume them, and either return them to the store or throw them away. A refund is possible for all Monts et Terroirs products. A contact number has been opened for affected customers (08 00 80 12 87).

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The Rappel Conso website explains that the entero-hemorrhagic Escherichia coli bacteria potentially present in these cheeses “can lead, in the week following the consumption of contaminated products, to diarrhea, sometimes bloody, abdominal pain and vomiting, accompanied or not by fever” . “These symptoms can be followed (5 to 8% of cases) by severe kidney complications, mainly in children,” he adds.

These alerts should therefore not be taken lightly. If you have consumed these products and present these types of symptoms, you must therefore consult a doctor, “notifying him of this consumption as well as the place and date of purchase”. On the other hand, “in the absence of symptoms within ten days after consuming the products concerned, there is no need to worry and consult a doctor,” reassures the Rappel Conso site.