Queso Fresco Cheese Recalled in Texas Due to Listeria Contamination

If you have bought queso fresco in Texas recently, you need to check the package to see if it's been recalled for a serious matter.

Productos La Hacienda LLC is recalling its Queso Rico La Hacienda brand queso fresco cheese because it was found to contain Listeria monocytogenes after random sample testing.

What We Know

According to the details posted online by the Food and Drugs Administration, the recall was initiated on June 3, 2024, and is ongoing. The recalled product was distributed to 80 retail stores located in three Texas counties in the Rio Grande Valley, including Cameron County, Hidalgo County, and Starr County.

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The specific recalled product is packaged as Queso Rico La Hacienda brand. The queso fresco cheese was packaged in 9-ounce, 1-pound, and 2-pound plastic packages. The packages show an expiration date of 6/2/24 on the sticker.

The product labeling reads in part QUESO RICO LA HACIENDA

EL QUESO FRESCO FRESCO DE VERACRUZ

These packages show the License Permit number 483709. Other information on the package includes:

Keep Refrigerated

Made With 100% Pasteurized Milk

AL NATURAL

9 OZ. CONT. NET.

6/2/24

Product Quantity: 640 pounds

The package also has the address of the company listed on it. That is printed as El Queso Rico “LA HACIENDA”, 5617 E. Trenton Rd., Suite B, Edinburg, TX 78539. The telephone numbers for the company, also shown on the packages, are (956) 884-0021 or (956) 451-1537.

About Listeria Infections

Listeria infections can be very serious.

Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still cause serious and sometimes life-threatening infections. Anyone who has eaten any of the recalled products and developed symptoms of Listeria infection should seek medical treatment and tell their doctors about possible Listeria exposure.

Also, anyone who has eaten any of the recalled products should monitor themselves for symptoms during the coming weeks because it can take up to 70 days for symptoms of listeriosis to develop. Those symptoms can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache, and neck stiffness.

Pregnant women, the elderly, young children, and people who have weakened immune systems are particularly at risk of serious illnesses, life-threatening infections, other major complications (such as stillbirth), and even death.

Consumers and retailers should not use this product. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to their place of purchase. A receipt is not needed to return recalled products.

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