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The Department of Health issued a new notice of recall of food products. After the withdrawal of many lots of frozen food for risk of listeriosis, this alarm concerns a batch of Fontina cheese because of the microbiological risk due to the presence of Escherichia coli producer Shiga toxins (STEC). This can be seen on the ministry's web portal in the section on food warnings and recalls.
The product
The product concerned by the withdrawal is Fontina D.O.P. a brand Terre d 'Italia produced for GS Spa by the Cooperative Produttori Latte e Fontina Loc. arl in the factory of the province of Aosta
The batch concerned by the call is the number L171. This is a precautionary withdrawal ordered by the same producer following random checks, but, as warned by the Department of Health warning itself, the consumers who had already purchased the lot of the product concerned in order not to consume it and bring the packages back to the point of purchase.
Escherichia coli
Certain strains of E. coli, called "Shiga-Toxin producers", are capable of producing toxins dangerous to human health, inducing a severe form of hemorrhagic diarrhea . A possible complication following a STEC infection, prevalent especially in children, is the hemolytic-uremic syndrome, a disease characterized by severe acute renal failure
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