Listeria prompts recall of Agropur Comté cheese

No reported illness connected to recall

Image | Agropur Comte cheese

Caption: The 200-gram size with a best before stamp of 17 DE 15 has been recalled. (CFIA)

Agropur has recalled one of its cheese products after a test by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency found Listeria in a sample.
The product is firm-ripened Comté cheese under the Agropur Import Collection brand, 200-gram size with a best before stamp of 17 DE 15 and UPC code 0 67400 00397 0. The cheese was sold all across the country.
There have been no reported illnesses associated with this recall.
Anyone with the product at home should throw it out or return it to the store where it was purchased.
Listeria is a particular concern for pregnant women and elderly people.