The directors also confirmed that the incident of listeria had not been linked to any other outbreaks.
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“Somerset Cheese Company would like to reassure their customers that all batches and subsequently every other batch of cheese made by us will have been tested prior to release and will be certified free from listeria and safe to eat,” they added. “Following the current high alert on listeria cases in the south we have been working very closely with our environmental health officers and the Food Standards Agency to put in place an official recall for the remaining cheese,” said Anita Robinson and Philip Rainbow, directors of Somerset Cheese Company, in a statement. It added that the subsequent retesting of the batch had shown the levels of contamination were so low as to be unmeasurable.
Laboratory reports showed there were fewer than 10 colony forming units of the bug per gram of product, which according to Somerset Cheese Company amounted to trace levels. It had been sent to wholesale customers, it confirmed, but 80% of the batch has now been returned to the supplier. The company recalled the batch of contaminated product on Wednesday last week. However, it has stressed that the outbreak was at a low level. Somerset Cheese Company has recalled its goats cheese Pennard Red after it tested positive for the presence of listeria.
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