Overview

• AESAN has identified two affected batches—Vieux Porche camembert (expiry August 27) and Royal Faucon brie (expiry September 1), both under sanitary mark FR 23.117.001 UE—and ordered their removal from sale in Madrid, the Basque Country and the Balearic Islands.
• French authorities linked dozens of listeriosis cases and reported fatalities to Chavegrand’s cheeses, prompting the company on August 9 to recall around 40 lots of pasteurized cow and goat milk products.
• Exports of the implicated cheeses extended to roughly 30 countries, including 14 EU member states and markets such as Canada, the United States and Japan, triggering RASFF notifications.
• Public-health laboratories are leveraging genomic sequencing in France and in parallel Argentine investigations to confirm contamination sources and inform further recalls.
• Health experts warn that Listeria monocytogenes can cause severe invasive illness, particularly in pregnant women, and advise consumers to avoid the recalled batches and seek medical care if symptoms appear up to eight weeks after exposure.