Outbreak Active InvestigationClosed
Listeria monocytogenes
- Start date
- February 17, 2021
- Last updated
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Public Health Trace has 7 outbreak investigations and 1 recall linked to Soft Cheese, reported by CDC, FDA, and USDA.
Safe-handling guidance for soft cheese should come from an authoritative source such as FoodSafety.gov, not this page - Public Health Trace summarizes recall and outbreak records, it does not publish handling advice itself.
This page prioritizes outbreak investigations, which are reliably linked to Soft Cheese. Recall records aren't yet reliably matched to specific foods, so the recall section further down may be incomplete even when Soft Cheese has real recalls on record.
Past outbreak investigations linked to Soft Cheese, newest first.
Outbreak Active InvestigationClosed
Outbreak United StatesHistorical record
Outbreak United StatesHistorical record
Outbreak United StatesHistorical record
Outbreak United StatesHistorical record
Outbreak United StatesHistorical record
See all historical outbreaks for Soft Cheese
These outbreaks are matched to Soft Cheese through a real food-catalog link, not text search. Recalls listed under an outbreak have been explicitly confirmed as connected to it -- see how recalls and outbreaks are connected for what "confirmed" means.
Outbreak United StatesHistorical record
No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.
Outbreak United StatesHistorical record
No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.
Outbreak United StatesHistorical record
No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.
Outbreak United StatesHistorical record
No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.
Outbreak United StatesHistorical record
No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.
Outbreak United StatesHistorical record
No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.
Outbreak Active InvestigationClosed
No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.
A map shading each state by how often it appears in this food's recall and outbreak records.
Shading reflects state-level totals only, as published by the source. It does not imply county-level or point-level precision.
| State | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 1 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 1 |
| Nevada | 1 |
| Alabama | 1 |
| Arizona | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 |
| Tennessee | 1 |
| Michigan | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 |
| Indiana | 1 |
A chart of outbreaks grouped by month.
Download CSVFDA Recall United States TerminatedTerminated: October 5, 2017Historical recordClass I
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Appearing in past recalls does not mean soft cheese is inherently unsafe - it means Public Health Trace found published recall or outbreak records mentioning it. For safe-handling guidance, see FoodSafety.gov. Read the full medical disclaimer.
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