Camembert soft ripened cheese recalled over possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination
Wegmans Medium Camembert Soft Ripened Cheese, 8.8 oz, is recalled because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The FDA classified the action as Class I.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The rubric assigns 5 to any FDA Class I recall, and the FDA classified this Listeria monocytogenes action as Class I.
Plain-English summary
Wegmans Medium Camembert Soft Ripened Cheese, 8.8 oz, sold in a round wooden container under UPC 2-77467-00000-7 and 0-77890-53515-8, is being recalled. Affected expiration dates are 7/26/25, 8/12/25 and 8/19/25. The recall involves 4,884 units in total, distributed in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Delaware, Connecticut and the District of Columbia.
The products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The FDA classified the action as Class I, the category the agency uses when there is a reasonable probability that exposure will cause serious health consequences or death.
Anyone holding this cheese should not eat it and can return it to the place of purchase. Because Listeria infection can take weeks to produce symptoms, people who have eaten the product and feel unwell should tell their doctor what they ate.
The recalled product
- Product
- Wegmans Medium Camembert Soft Ripened Cheese - 8.8oz - Round wooded container; UPC: 2-77467-00000-7 , 0-77890-53515-8
- Manufacturer
- Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Cheese
- Affected units
- 4,884
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (3)
- Expiration Dates: 7/26/25
- 8/12/25
- 8/19/25
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 4 recalled by Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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