Kroger Recalls Stilton Cheese

January 27, 2009

Kroger has listed two separate recall notices for Stilton Cheese that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

This recall follows a similar recall of Stilton Cheese announced earlier this month by ShopRite, and a Canadian recall of Stilton Cheese initiated in December 2008.

The Kroger and ShopRite recalls do not mention the origin of the cheese. But the Canadian recall identified the contaminated Stilton as Cropwell Bishop Creamery Finest Blue Stilton Cheese, manufactured in the United Kingdom. The UK Food Standards Agency advised other European Union countries in the first week of January of a batch of Stilton Cheese that was contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The Kroger recalls cover the following product formats and store chains:

• ILCHSTR STILTON WEDGE (8 OZ.), SWRS STILTON CHEESE WHEEL (8 LB.): in Dillons stores; in Kroger stores located in Greater Louisville (including Indiana), Lexington, and Nashville, TN, North Carolina, Virginia, Eastern WV, Eastern Kentucky, Indiana (except SE IN, -Evansville-), Illinois, Eastern Missouri, Texas and Louisiana
  
• STILTON CHEESE - STORE CUT & WRAPPED, SWRS STILTON CHEESE WHEEL (8 LB.): in Dillons stores; in Kroger stores located in Greater Louisville (including Indiana), Lexington, and Nashville, TN, North Carolina, Virginia, Eastern WV, Eastern Kentucky, Indiana (except SE IN, -Evansville-), Illinois, Eastern Missouri, Texas and Louisiana
  

Customers who purchased the recalled cheese should return it to the store for a refund.