Salmonella concern prompts cheese recall

Story highlights

• No sicknesses have been reported in reference to the recalled merchandise
• Recall was prompted by lab check for doable Salmonella contamination

The recall was issued Wednesday after lab exams of an unspecified cheese product revealed doable Salmonella contamination, in keeping with the corporate. The recall is precautionary and no sicknesses have been reported, the corporate stated.

The merchandise had been offered nationwide and a full checklist with UPC codes may be discovered on the 4C meals web site.

The recalled merchandise are all in vacuum sealed glass jars with "greatest by" dates between November 12, 2016 and November 12, 2018. They're offered in six- or 12-jar packages and had been produced on the firm's Brooklyn, New York, facility.

Sally McCracken, chief monetary officer of 4C Meals Corp., stated in a press release that the recall was issued out of an abundance of warning.

"Our merchandise have been recognized for high quality and we apologize to our loyal clients for the priority and inconvenience this causes," McCracken stated.

The recalled merchandise shouldn't be consumed and may be returned to the place of buy for a full refund.

Salmonella is a micro organism that may be lethal in kids and other people with weakened immune methods. "Wholesome individuals contaminated with Salmonella typically expertise fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and stomach ache. In uncommon circumstances, an infection with Salmonella can lead to the organism moving into the bloodstream and producing extra extreme sicknesses," the recall announcement stated.

Salmonella is liable for an estimated a million circumstances of foodborne sickness annually, in keeping with the US Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention. Of these, 19,000 people are hospitalized and 380 people die yearly from the sickness.

CNN's Debra Goldschmidt contributed to this report