Urgent recall for popular cheese over potentially deadly bacteria contamination as 'do not eat' warning is issued for Tesco product

A marque of Swiss food has been recalled amid fears of a perchance deadly bacteria contamination, the nutrient watchdog has announced.

The Food Standards Authority has urged Tesco customers to instrumentality packs of Le Superbe Raclette, a afloat abdominous melting food made with pasteurised milk, over concerns astir imaginable listeria contamination.

Listeria monocytogenes bacteria origin listeriosis, 1 of the astir communal forms of nutrient poisoning. 

While listeriosis has reasonably mild symptoms successful astir cases, it is considered unsafe to large women, newborn babies, radical with a weakened immune strategy and radical aged implicit 65.

The mortality complaint for the invasive signifier of the illness is 20-30%, according to the World Health Organisation, with symptoms ranging successful severity from fever and musculus symptom to septicemia and meningitis.

'Symptoms caused by this organism tin beryllium akin to flu and see precocious temperature, musculus ache oregon pain, chills, feeling oregon being sick and diarrhoea,' said the Food Standards Agency. 

'However, successful uncommon cases, the corruption tin beryllium much severe, causing superior complications, specified arsenic meningitis.'

The recall, issued by shaper Castelli UK Ltd, lone affects Tesco customers and relates to 150g packs of the food with a champion earlier day of May 12.

Warning notices person been enactment up successful Tesco stores wherever the merchandise was sold, with consumers promised a afloat refund connected returning the cheese. 

'If you’ve bought an affected merchandise with a champion earlier day of 12/05/25, delight don’t devour it,' work a merchandise callback announcement connected the store's website. 

'Instead, instrumentality it to a Tesco store wherever a afloat refund volition beryllium given. No receipt is required.'