US EditionFDA upgrades nationwide cheese recall to highest danger level after listeria-causing bacteria found
The FDA confirmed Listeria monocytogenes in Ambriola cheeses prompting the Class I recall; about 6,632 units were recalled, with no illnesses reported so far.
- On Jan. 6, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reclassified the Ambriola Company’s nationwide recall as Class I, involving multiple cheeses from its New Jersey manufacturing facility.
- Testing confirmed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes, and routine testing of Ambriola's cheese samples detected it on Nov. 25, 2025, prompting the recall escalation.
- Recalled inventory includes about 6,632 units and lot numbers 1000572482, 1000570734, 1000570735, 1000570736, 1000572482, 1000572483 and 1000572485, with four products sold directly to consumers.
- A Class I designation means a reasonable probability of serious harm or death, with pregnant women, older adults, young children and people with weakened immune systems at risk, but no illnesses confirmed.
- Healthy people may experience short-term symptoms including high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, and the disease is commonly referred to as listeria, framing the public-health response.
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