CDC: Dairy Product Recall Linked To Listeria Outbreak

Listeria outbreak map. Credit: CDC

MODESTO, California - Rizo-López Foods, Inc.  is voluntarily recalling its dairy products listed below after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and U.S. Food and Drug Administration linked the dairy products to an ongoing nationwide Listeria monocytogenes outbreak.

The recalled products were distributed nationwide. Products also were sold at retail deli counters including, but not limited to, El Super, Cardenas Market, Northgate Gonzalez, Superior Groceries, El Rancho, Vallarta, Food City, La Michoacana, and Numero Uno Markets.

The recalled products include cheese, yogurt, and sour cream sold under the brand names Tio Francisco, Don Francisco, Rizo Bros, Rio Grande, Food City, El Huache, La Ordena, San Carlos, Campesino, Santa Maria, Dos Ranchitos, Casa Cardenas, and 365 Whole Foods Market.

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. 

Healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. 

Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

Consumers should check their refrigerators and freezers for any of the products listed below and dispose of them. Consumers with questions may contact the company at 1-833-296-2233, which will be monitored 24 hours a day.