Spar and Tesco Cheese Recalled due to potential contamination: UK consumers who have purchased Irish blended cheese are recommended to return specific JOD Food Products that expire in May 2025 because they may contain the dangerous pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. The items are offered for sale at Tesco and Spar, among other supermarkets.
The cheese maker, JOD Food Products, believes that Listeria monocytogenes, a pathogen that can cause severe disease, may be present in the recalled products.
A comprehensive list of the 18 recalled products has been released by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), which claims that the recall was brought on by the potential presence of Listeria monocytogenes.
A high fever, chills, muscle pains, nausea, and diarrhoea are some of the flu-like symptoms of a listeria infection, the FSA has warned. Rarely, the infection may worsen and cause meningitis and other problems.
The impacted products should not be consumed, and customers should return them to the store in their original packaging for a complete refund. Those who require additional information can get in touch with JOD Food Products directly.
The FSA is in charge of notifying authorities and the public about food safety issues in the UK by issuing product recall information notices.
Items on the Recalled List
Recalled Irish mixed cheeses include the following:
1. Spar Old Irish Creamery Cheddar with Chilli
- Pack size: 150 grams
- Best before: May 25, 2025
2. Horgans Irish Smoked Cheddar
- Pack size: 150 grams
- Best before: May 25, 2025, 3.
3. Old Irish Creamery Cheese Irish Cheddar with Red Wine
- Pack size: 150 grams and 1.2 kilograms
- Best before: May 1 and May 4, 2025
4. Old Irish Creamery Cheese cheddar with Sriracha
- Pack size: 150 kilograms
- Best before: May 15, 2025, May 20, 2025, and May 29, 2025 5.
5. Old Irish Creamery Pepper Cheese
- Pack size: 150 kilograms
- Best before: May 29, 2025
6. Old Irish Creamery Cheese Irish Sage Cheddar
- Pack size: 150 kilograms
- Best before: May 20, 2025, 7.
7. Old Irish Creamery Cheese Irish Cheddar with Caesar salad
- Pack size: 150 kilograms
- Best before: May 20, 2025
8. Old Irish Creamery Cheese Irish Cheddar with Coffee
- Pack Size: 150 grams
- Best before: May 20, 2025.
9. Claddagh Bo Irish Cheddar Cheese with Irish Whisky
- Pack size: 2.4 kilograms
- Best before: July 18, 2025
10. Claddagh Bo Irish Cheddar Cheese with Porter Beer
- Pack size: 2.4 kilograms
- Best before: June 29, 2025, and July 17, 2025.
11. Irish Cheddar with Murphy’s Stout
- Pack size: 150 grams and 1.2 kilograms
- Best before: May 15, 2025
12. Old Irish Creamery Cheese Irish Cheddar Oak smoked
- Pack size: 150 grams and 1.2 kilograms.
- Best before: May 15, 2025, and May 25, 2025
13. Old Irish Creamery Cheese Irish Cheddar with Chilli
- Pack Size: 1.2 kilograms
- Best before: May 15, 2025
14. Old Irish Creamery Cheese Irish Cheddar with Chives
- Pack size: 150 grams
- Best before: May 4, 2025, and May 29, 2025.
15. Old Irish Creamery Cheese Irish Cheddar with Cranberries
- Pack size: 150 grams
- Best before: May 29, 2025
16. Old Irish Creamery Cheese Irish Cheddar with Garlic & Herbs
- Pack size: 150 grams
- Best before: May 1, 2025; May 4, 2025; May 15, 2025; and May 29, 2025.
17. Old Irish Creamery Cheese Irish Cheddar with Irish Porter
- Pack size: 150 grams
- Best before: May 20, 2025, and May 29, 2025.
18. Old Irish Creamery Cheese Irish Cheddar with Irish Cheddar
- Pack size: 150 grams and 1.2 kilograms
- Best before: May 15, 2025.
JOD Food Products issued a statement saying: “Please return the affected products to the store where a full refund will be given. No receipt is required. There is a risk that the product may contain Listeriamonocytogenes, a bacterium that is potentially harmful if consumed.”
