{"id":531978,"date":"2026-07-04T00:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/531978\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T00:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:43:11","slug":"urgent-recall-issued-for-cheese-sold-in-irish-supermarket-as-do-not-eat-warning-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/531978\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent recall issued for cheese sold in Irish supermarket as &#8216;do not eat&#8217; warning issued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Customers have been advised not to eat the cheese<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"File photo dated 09\/01\/23 of a view of a sign for a Lidl supermarket\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2_lidl-store-supermarket-logo-stock.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The product was sold at Lidl\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The product was sold at Lidl(Image: Andrew Matthews\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An urgent recall has been issued for a brand of cheese sold in Lidl due to the presence of Listeria monocytogenes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Food Safety Authority of Ireland warned consumers on Friday that a batch of Deluxe Spanish Castellano Sheeps\u2019 Cheese sold in <a aria-label=\"LidlLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/lidl\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Lidl<\/a> was being recalled as it contained the harmful disease-causing bacterium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In healthy people, symptoms of Listeria monocytogenes infection can include mild flu-like symptoms, or gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, in people who are more vulnerable, the infection can be severe and can lead to serious complications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">People who are more vulnerable to Listeria monocytogenes infections include pregnant women, infants, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The incubation period (time between initial infection and first symptoms appearing) is, on average, three weeks but can range between three and 70 days.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1_Lidl-sheeps-cheese-image-for-alert.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The cheese was recalled \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The cheese was recalled (Image: FSAI)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The <a aria-label=\"recalledLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/product-recalls\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">recalled<\/a> cheese is branded Deluxe Spanish Castellano Sheeps\u2019 Cheese with a 150 gram pack size. The batch code is 100534252. Its use by date is 08\/11\/2026 and country of origin is Spain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The food safety watchdog told the public that recall notices will be displayed at point-of-sale in Lidl stores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Retailers are requested to remove the implicated batch from sale and display recall notices at point-of-sale and consumers are advised not to eat the implicated batch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: Sign up <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=39e53cb8-b266-4e33-8d00-e9f7a38f420c&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Customers have been advised not to eat the cheese The product was sold at Lidl(Image: Andrew Matthews\/PA Wire)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,375,31413,61,60,16117,30790],"class_list":["post-531978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-food-safety","tag-food-safety-authority-of-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lidl","tag-product-recalls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}