Wisconsin Cheese Group Voluntarily Recalls Red Wax Hoop Cheese FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company. Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, pregnant women and individuals with weakened immune systems. Healthy individuals may suffer short-term symptoms such as fever, headaches, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea from listeria infection.
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The Hoop Cheddar Cheese is sold as red waxed wedges of yellow cheddar cheese in random weights of 12 oz. No other Wisconsin Cheese Group products are affected. The Kroger product was sold at Kroger Stores in Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas and Alabama. The Wisconsin Cheese Group has received no reports or complaints of illness related to the product. Inc. Replacement product purchased from a different manufacturer was shipped to our customers last week and the recalled cheese has been removed from the stores where the recalled cheese was shipped.